This article examines the objective of sustainable development, listed in the preamble to the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization. It discusses the relationship between rights to special and differential treatment included in various WTO agreements and the principle of...

This article analyses the EC general system of preferences, concentrating on its Sustainable Development and Good Governance (GSP Plus) section. In particular an attempt is made to assess the conformity of GSP Plus with the international obligations imposed by law of the World Trade Organization...

Too often discussion of the governance of global trade and the multilateral trading system is dominated by developed-country scholars and opinion-makers, with inadequate attention to developing country perspectives. To address this shortcoming, the edited compilation Making Global Trade...

Negotiations on an Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement have been underway in the WTO since September 2020; they are meant to be concluded by the end of 2022. The negotiations are far advanced and focus on a wide range of specific, technical investment measures that governments can put...

Over the past few years, organic farming has seen a dynamic development globally. In 2015, the global market for organic products was €81.6 billion, rising to more than €90 billion in 2018 (Światowy rynek produktów ekologicznych osiągnął wartość 90 mld euro 2019). There has also been...

This book examines the need for greater legal coherence within international trade negotiations between the European Union (EU) and external trade relations. An introspective analysis of EU trade law and policy is presented that highlights the complex issue of EU unity. A particular focus is...