Sustainable Development and Free Trade

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

• 1.Establishingthe Linkage: The Trade-Environment Interface 2.The United Nations' Approachto Trade,the Environmentand Sustainable Development 3.GATT/WTO Approachesto Trade,the Environmentand Sustainable Development 4.The Trade-Environment Linkagein thePost-Urugay Round Context 5.Regional Approchesto Free Tradeand Sustainable Development: The European Union 6. Regional Approachesto Free Tradeand Sustainable Development: The North American Free Trade Agreement 7.Regional Approachesto Free Tradeand Sustainable Development: The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 8. Trade Restrictions Pursuantto 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