Sustainable Development and Free Trade

Shawkat Alam is Lecturer in Environmental Law at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

• 1. Establishing the Linkage: The Trade-Environment Interface 2. The United Nations' Approach to Trade, the Environment and Sustainable Development 3. GATT/WTO Approaches to Trade, the Environment and Sustainable Development 4. The Trade-Environment Linkage in the Post-Urugay Round Context 5. Regional Approches to Free Trade and Sustainable Development: The European Union 6. Regional Approaches to Free Trade and Sustainable Development: The North American Free Trade Agreement 7. Regional Approaches to Free Trade and Sustainable Development: The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 8. Trade Restrictions Pursuant to Multilateral Environmental Agreements 9. Free Trade and Sustainable Development: Challenges Ahead

"The approach of the book has been different from the existing literature. It has an institutional approach to clearly analyze the distinction between developed and developing countries' position and the fact that the latter became more vulnerable through these institutional initiatives to protect the environment. The author thereby has shown that the actual objective of sustainable development has not been achieved, on the contrary it has been defeated. [...The] book has substantiated the literature on this debate through the consolidation of major empirical cases and by providing the main policy implications, therefore contributing significantly to the literature." --Rupamanjari Sinha Ray, Management Development Institute, India