The Law of Environmental 'PPMs' in the WTO: Debunking the Myth of Illegality
The Law of Environmental 'PPMs' in the WTO: Debunking the Myth of Illegality
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世贸组织环境“PPM”法：揭穿非法神话
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10.1142/9789814513258_0012
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2002
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S. Charnovitz
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S. Charnovitz
本文对WTO过程和生产方法法（“PPMs”）进行了解释和评价。更好地了解法律和公私合营机制的运作方式，可以帮助政府和利益攸关方改进对外向型公私合营机制的管理。各国政府目前对世贸组织规则的看法存在分歧。这些分歧的观点导致了一场由内而外的辩论，从中不容易产生政治共识。本文考察了世贸组织关于公私合营问题的相关判例法，并得出结论，与一些评论家相反，公私合营并不被世贸组织所禁止。最后，本文展示了正确的法律解读如何能够促成新的综合解决方案，解决贸易和环境紧张局势，并建立更好的框架，防止不适当的ppm。
This Article explains and appraises the WTO law of Processes and Production Methods (“PPMs”). A better understanding of the law and of how PPMs operate can help governments and stakeholders improve the management of outwardly directed PPMs. Governments presently have divergent views about WTO rules. These diverging views have led to an inside-out debate from which a political consensus cannot easily emerge. This Article examines the relevant WTO case law on the issue of PPMs and concludes that PPMs are, contrary to some commentators, not prohibited by the WTO. Finally, the Article shows how a correct legal reading may enable new integrative solutions that resolve trade and environment tensions and establish a better framework for preventing inappropriate PPMs.