What next ?

1. What next ? • Trade and Environment

2. CTE: Introduction (1) • Trade and environment in the WTO • The Uruguay Round negotiations; environment-related aspects of the WTO Agreements

3. CTE: Introduction (2) • Roots of the discussions on trade and environment • The UN Conference on Environment and Development

4. CTE: The parameters • The WTO's role • The developing-country perspective • Broad scope for domestic environmental legislation • Importance of multilateral cooperation • Multilateral Environmental Agreements

5. CTE: The WTO Committee • The Marrakesh Ministerial Decision on Trade and Environment • The Committee's work programme

6. CTE: Trade measures in MEAs (1) • Trade measures applied pursuant to MEAs • Multilateral cooperation • MEAs containing trade provisions • Points of concern

7. CTE: Trade measures in MEAs (2) • Common but differentiated responsibility • The use of trade as an enforcement tool • Address the source of the problem • Unilateralism

8. CTE: Dispute settlement • Introduction • Policy coordination • Environmental expertise • Environmental-related trade disputes

9. CTE: The export of DPGs • The issue of the export of domestically prohibited goods • Relevant Multilateral Environmental Agreements • Technical cooperation

10. CTE: Transparency • WTO transparency provisions • Importance of transparency • Requirements of the TBT Agreement • Eco-labelling

11. CTE: Production pollution • Measures to address production pollution • Competitiveness concerns • Differences in environmental standards are not an excuse for introducing trade restrictions

12. CTE: Trade liberalization and sustainable development • Trade liberalization and sustainable development • Improving market access • The environmental benefits of removing trade restrictions and distortions • Further work

13. CTE: Trade in services/TRIPs and the environment • Trade in Services/TRIPs and the environment • Trade in Services • Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs)