Environmental Process and Production Methods (PPMs) in WTO Law

Offers an extensive review of case law and academic writings on the subject, enabling readers to understand the different stages in the evolution of the particularly complex WTO practice regarding PPM measures

Provides a detailed analysis of the latest case law that sheds new light on the PPM debate and its evolution

Includes a thorough analysis of the background behind the PPM controversy, helping explain the different competing interests at stake and the complexity of the debates

Presents original proposals on the way WTO law can be interpreted to optimally regulate PPM measures

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Main Arguments Against the Use of PPM Measures.- 3. Market Failures, Cooperation Failures and the Management of Resources of Common Interest.- 4. Principles of International Environmental Law Regarding the Regulation of Production Methods Affecting Resources of Common Interest.- 5. The Customary International Law Rules on Prescriptive Jurisdiction.- 6. National Treatment.- 7. The General Exceptions Provision.- 8. The Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement (TBT).- 9. Conclusions: A Critical Analysis of the PPM Measures Legal Regime De Lege Lata and De Lege Ferenda.- 10. Summary.<p