In late-January 2012, the Appellate Body to the World Trade Organization (WTO) published its decision in a dispute launched by the United States to protest a series of Chinese measures that restricted the export of certain raw materials out of China (China-Raw Materials). The Appellate Body's...

After great anticipation, at the 12th Ministerial Conference in June 2022, Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) reached a historic Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies that aims to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This article first provides the necessary...

Industrialised countries are often required to make unpopular policy choices in order to efficiently tackle climate change. On the one hand, domestic industries might consider national climate measures as an excessive burden that may damage their competitiveness. On the other hand, the public...

USA, Canada and Argentina have challenged before the World Trade Organisation the European Communities' (EC) denial of Genetically Modified (GM) product imports, which took place from 1998 to 2004. Against this background, the goal of this paper is twofold. Firstly, we will determine which WTO...

Climate change is a global problem that needs a comprehensive international response. If countries adopt different measures this may lead to carbon leakage that then leads to further emissions and to competitiveness concerns from those countries that have adopted more stringent measures. One...