Will the WTO Turn Green? The Implications of Injecting Environmental Issues Into the Multilateral Trading System From: Georgetown International Environmental Law Review | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: Skeen, Richard | Copyright Georgetown University Law Center Fall 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION

The first attempt to govern international trade resulted in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947.1 Environmental issues had not yet emerged in the international context, and environmental organizations such as Greenpeace did not exist in developed countries at that time.2 The 1972 Conference on the Human Environment introduced a new issue into multilateral trade negotiations.3 Environmental issues slowly started to penetrate domestic and internation...

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