The GATT: menace or ally? (General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade may pose a threat to environment)

From: World Watch | Date: September 1, 1993| Author: French, Hilary F. | Copyright information

GATT supports Mexico's reckless import of tuna from the US, which has created doubts about GATT's intentions regarding ecological conservation. The completion of the Uruguay Round in 1993 may pose a further threat, as GATT has been given charge of managing environmentally-sensitive issues such as agriculture. The functioning of the GATT and other environmental treaties in mutual consonance may be possible by the inclusion of environmental regulations in GATT itself.

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