The Trade and Environment Debate on the Regulation of Energy Subsidies in the WTO - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Trade and Environment Debate on the Regulation of Energy Subsidies in the WTO write by Henok Asmelash. This book was released on 2017. The Trade and Environment Debate on the Regulation of Energy Subsidies in the WTO available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The multilateral rules on subsidies have come under intense scrutiny in the wake of rising trade disputes over renewable energy subsidies. The sudden surge in the number of trade disputes and countervailing duty actions against renewable energy support programs has raised concerns that the multilateral subsidy rules may stand in the way of global efforts to promote the development and deployment of renewable energy sources. This paper shares these concerns, but argues that they are only one side of the environmental concerns that arise from the regulation of energy subsidies in the multilateral trading system. Energy subsidies play a dual role from a sustainable energy transition perspective. While renewable energy subsidies tend to help accelerate the transition, fossil fuel subsidies do exactly the opposite. If the multilateral subsidy rules are to help accelerate but not hinder the transition, then they should not only allow governments to subsidize renewables but also discourage them from subsidizing fossil fuels. This paper attempts to answer why the regulation of fossil fuel subsidies in the multilateral trading system received scant scholarly attention in the wide-ranging debate on trade and the environment.
International Trade Regulation and the Mitigation of Climate Change
International Trade Regulation and the Mitigation of Climate Change - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook International Trade Regulation and the Mitigation of Climate Change write by Thomas Cottier. This book was released on 2009-09-24. International Trade Regulation and the Mitigation of Climate Change available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What can trade regulation contribute towards ameliorating the GHG emissions and reducing their concentrations in the atmosphere? This collection of essays analyses options for climate-change mitigation through the lens of the trade lawyer. By examining international law, and in particular the relevant WTO agreements, the authors address the areas of potential conflict between international trade law and international law on climate mitigation and, where possible, suggest ways to strengthen mutual supportiveness between the two regimes. They do so taking into account the drivers of human-induced climate change in energy markets and of consumption.
Emerging Issues in Sustainable Development
Emerging Issues in Sustainable Development - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Emerging Issues in Sustainable Development write by Mitsuo Matsushita. This book was released on 2016-10-05. Emerging Issues in Sustainable Development available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book seeks to answer the questions: how do the rules of international treaties on trade and investment apply to the new laws and policies relating to energy-related trade, and do the rules of the multilateral system contribute to or detract from sustainable development? An emerging set of new problems in the law of international trade is how to reconcile the rules of the multilateral trading system with shortages of certain natural resources and the necessity to develop renewable energy resources. The chapters in this book provide a comprehensive analysis of the international trade issues presented by national trade laws and policies with regard to natural resources and energy. This book is about the extent to which we are interpreting existing rules to cover emerging problems and how the rules of the multilateral trading system can be adapted to achieve sustainable development in natural resources and energy. The book begins with a survey of selected national laws relating to recent restrictions on the export of natural resources, both resources used to produce energy as well as natural resources essential for industrial production. After examining the range of such laws in selected important countries, we turn to the application of the rules of the multilateral trading system to such export restrictions. We discuss the major rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) as well as the natural resources rules in selected regional preferential free trade agreements. While there is not a comprehensive global legal regime on competition law, we believe it is also important to examine how selected national competition laws impact export restrictions on natural resources. This book will be a major contribution to the international dialogue on international economic law issues with respect to trade in natural resources and energy.
The Regulation of International Trade
The Regulation of International Trade - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Regulation of International Trade write by Robert Howse. This book was released on 2013-05-07. The Regulation of International Trade available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawing on a wide variety of classic and contemporary sources, respected authors Trebilcock, Howse and Eliason here provide a critical analysis of the institutions and agreements that have shaped international trade rules. In light of the growing debate over globalization, they include special sections with examinations of topics such as: agriculture services and Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights labour rights the environment migration competition. Drawing on previous highly praised editions, this comprehensive text is an invaluable guide to students of economics, law, politics and international relations. Now fully updated, this fourth edition includes full coverage of new developments including the Doha trade round, the proliferation of Preferential Trade Agreements, the debate on trade, climate change and green energy, the response of the trading system to the 2007--10 financial and economic crisis, the controversy over trade and exchange rate manipulation, and the growing body of WTO dispute resolution case law.
The Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Their Reform
The Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Their Reform - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Their Reform write by Jakob Skovgaard. This book was released on 2018-08-23. The Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Their Reform available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This comprehensive volume provides the first book-length account on the politics of fossil fuel subsidies. This title is also available as Open Access.
