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In the first dispute on renewable energy to come to WTO dispute settlement, the domestic content requirement of Ontario …
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We live in peculiar times: on the one hand, many people — mainly in Western countries — enjoy an unprecedentedly high standard of living from a historical perspective. On the other hand, a considerable part of the population has a feeling that something went wrong, which is underscored by...
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principles should be used as the regulatory framework to structure global expansion of economic welfare as well as WTO rules … process of global legal integration and that the WTO should implement such process. Suggesting that WTO law guarantees respect … for fundamental human rights implies a refusal to evaluate the practices of organizations such as the WTO itself and the …
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principles should be used as the regulatory framework to structure global expansion of economic welfare as well as WTO rules … process of global legal integration and that the WTO should implement such process. Suggesting that WTO law guarantees respect … for fundamental human rights implies a refusal to evaluate the practices of organizations such as the WTO itself and the …
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As financial institutions and policymakers worldwide are considering how to integrate sustainability considerations throughout financial systems, a critical question is whether banks can effectively assess and monitor borrowers' environmental credit risk. China's green credit reforms, part of...
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The state of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the European Union (EU) in the context of the EU framework governing business and human rights (B&HR) is worthy of consideration. This chapter follows the top-down approach: it explores the relevant EU legal and policy...
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Lack of cooling and cold-chain access is a critical development challenge that has significant implications for people's livelihoods, productivity, health, food, and nutritional security. While business-as-usual demand projections suggest 19 new cooling appliances will be sold every second by...
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The mining industry, through its extensive activities and prominent presence in developing countries, has strong linkages with issues covered in all 17 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These linkages are clearly set out in the 2016 Mapping Mining to the Sustainable Development...
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This paper examines, from a multidisciplinary perspective, plausible hypotheses for implementation of border carbon adjustment mechanisms, seen as a complement to strong environmental regulation. It highlights economic, legal, and political difficulties raised by border carbon adjustments. After...
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actions comparable to that of home country. This discussion is mainly on the legality of unilateral EAR under the WTO rules ….S. legislation capping its greenhouse gas emissions, the paper argues that, on the U.S. side, in designing such trade measures, WTO … for a successful WTO defence of the Waxman-Markey type of border adjustment provision, there should be: 1) a period of …
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