Abstract
This presentation1 is divided into two sections:
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A brief overview of the World Trade Organization (WTO);
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An overview of some issues before the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment, as well as other WTO areas, of potential relevance to an international tradeable emission scheme.
Views expressed in this paper do not necessarily represent the position of the WTO Secretariat or its members.
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Abbreviations
- CITES:
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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna
- GATS:
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General Agreement on Trade in Services
- GATT:
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- IPR:
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Intellectual Property Rights
- MEA:
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Multilateral Environmental Agreements
- MFN:
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most favoured nation
- OECD:
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- R&D:
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Research and Development
- SCM:
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Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
- SPS:
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Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
- TBT:
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Technical Barriers to Trade
- TRIPs:
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Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights
- UNCTAD:
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- WTO:
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World Trade Organization
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A list of abbreviations used is added at the end of this presentation.
An additional point of reference is the role of state trading enterprises in either the allocation, or internal distribution of permits, or a possible role in the purchasing of reserve emission permits in order to suppress permit cartelization. GATT Article XVII requires that state trading enterprises-that is any enterprise that formally or in effect grants exclusive or special privileges including marketing boards — upholds the principle of non-discrimination.
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Vaughan, S. (1999). Tradeable Emissions Permits and the WTO. In: Hacker, J., Pelchen, A. (eds) Goals and Economic Instruments for the Achievement of Global Warming Mitigation in Europe. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4726-2_25
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