Articles by ENTWINED participants
2011-05-11
Has the G8 truly grasped accountability?
Philippe Mineau and Robert Wolfe
Published in Embassy, February 9, 2011Last year's G20 summit in Toronto is still attracting attention, yet public concerns over billion-dollar-costs and police mishandling of protesters have overshadowed the central issue that Canada brought to the...
2011-03-04
The Burden of Proof in Environmental Disputes in the WTO: Legal Aspects
Henrik Horn and Petros Mavroidis
Published in European Energy and Environmental Law Review 18(2), 2009.This paper discusses allocation of burden of proof in environmental disputes in the WTO system. Besides laying down the natural principles that (i) the complainant carries the...
2011-03-04
The Permissible Reach of National Environmental Policies
Henrik Horn and Petros Mavroidis
Published in Journal of World Trade 42(6) 2008Trading nations exchange tariff concessions in the context of trade liberalizing rounds. Tariffs, nonetheless, are not the only instrument affecting the value of a concession. Domestic instruments affect...
2011-03-04
Does Trade Help or Hinder the Conservation of Natural Resources?
Carolyn Fischer
Published in Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Trade exerts important influences on the exploitation and protection of natural resources. Indeed, recognition of this influence is codified in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, which...
2011-03-04
The Global Effects of Subglobal Climate Policies
Christoph Boehringer, Carolyn Fischer and Knut Einar Rosendahl
Published in B.E Journal of Economic Analysis & PolicyIndividual countries are in the process of legislating responses to the challenges posed by climate change. The prospect of rising carbon prices raises concerns in these nations about the...
2011-03-04
Trade, GMOs and Environmental Risk: Are Current Policies Likely to Improve Welfare?
Håkan Eggert and Mads Greaker
Published in Environmental and Resource Economics Volume 48, Number 4, 587-608, DOI: 10.1007/s10640-010-9405-2Food with inputs from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has met considerable skepticism among European Union (EU) consumers. The EU...
2011-03-03
Climate Change and the WTO: Legal Issues Concerning Border Tax Adjustments
Henrik Horn and Petros Mavroidis
Published in Japanese Yearbook of International Law 53, 2010In this paper we discuss how a WTO adjudicating body would likely adjudicate a dispute concerning the legality of a Border Carbon Adjustment/Border Tax Adjustment scheme under the GATT, and...
2011-03-03
The Burden of Proof in National Treatment Disputes and the Environment
Henrik Horn
Published in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 62 (2011) 15—29The WTO leaves discretion over environmental policies to its members, but requests
that a fundamental non-discrimination principle is respected: National Treatment (NT).
The...
