Trade in the Service of Sustainable Development : Linking Trade to Labour Rights and Environmental Standards.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Boxes -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- 1. Setting the Stage: The Limits of Fragmentation -- I. Trade and Labour Rights -- II. Trade and Environmental Standards -- III. The Use of Environmental and Labour Conditionalities in Trade Policies -- 2. Sanctions Against Goods or Services that do not Comply: WTO Disciplines -- I. The Core Disciplines of the WTO Regime -- II. The 'Likeness' of Goods and Services and the Product/Process Distinction -- III. The 'General Exceptions' Clauses of Article XX GATT and Article XIV GATS -- IV. Conclusion -- 3. The Special Regime of Border Tax Adjustments: Levelling the Playing Field -- I. The Notion of Border Tax Adjustments -- II. Border Tax Adjustments under WTO Law -- III. Determining the Level of the Compensatory Tax -- IV. Conclusion -- 4. Generalized Systems of Preferences: The 'Conditional Preferences' Approach -- I. The Origins of the Generalized System of Preferences -- II. The Emergence of 'Special Incentives' within the EU GSP Scheme -- III. The Three Layers of the Current EU GSP Scheme -- 5. Labelling Schemes: Supporting Ethical Consumerism -- I. The Rise of the Debate on Labelling Schemes -- II. Compatibility with WTO Law -- 6. Public Procurement: The Power of the Purse -- 7. Conclusions -- I. 'Sanctions' for Non-compliance with Labour Rights or Environmental Standards -- II. 'Carbon Equalization' through Border Tax Adjustments: Levelling the Playing Field -- III. The EU Generalized System of Preferences: Making Preferences Conditional -- IV. Labelling Schemes: Supporting Ethical Consumerism -- V. Government Procurement: The Power of the Purse -- Afterword -- Index.

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