Legal Issues on Climate Change and International Trade Law

Herausgegeben:Park, Deok-Young

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides anexcellent overview of the legal issues surrounding climate change mitigationand international trade law. It surveys key observed and potential challengesposed by responses to climate change in terms of international trade law. By examiningthe controversial issues seen in legal cases in which domestic climate changeor renewable energy measures conflicted with international trade regimes, thisvolume promotes and broadens the understanding and debate of the issues. Beyondthe recognized challenges, this book uncovers potential areas of conflictbetween climate change responses and international trade promotion by exploringprevious cases and current efforts to prevent climate change. Furthermore, thisvolume sheds light on the future direction of international trade law andclimate change responses, pointing out that the development of climate changeor renewable energy laws and policies must also consider international traderegimes in order to ensure the smooth implementation of said laws and policiesand guarantee that international trade laws do not restrict environmentalpolicy space.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-80541-2
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9783319805412
• ISBN-10: 331980541X
• Artikelnr.: 53574236

Autorenporträt

Deok-Young Park is professor of International Economic Law at Yonsei Law School.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Climate Change Issues within the WTO: Gabrielle Marceau, The interface between the Trade and Climate Change Regimes.- Part II Domestic Climate Change Policies and the WTO: Soyoung Lee, Compatibility of Eco-labeling Scheme with WTO and its Potentially Conflicting Impacts.- Zhongxiang Zhang, The U.S. ProposedCarbon Tariffs, WTO Scrutiny and China's Responses.- Mitsuo Matsushita, Law andPolicy of Combating GHG Emission in Japan - In the Context of WTO and BilateralAgreement.- Wenchen Shih, Taiwan's Climate Change Mitigation Policies and theirPotential Interaction with the WTO rules.- Part III Future Agenda of the trade for Climate Change Issues: Deok-Young Park and Yonjong Yoon, Making Allowances for Carbon Emission Allowances in Investor-State Disputes.- Luca Rubini, 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.' Lessons on Methodology in Legal Analysis from the Recent WTO Litigation on Renewable Energy Subsidies.- Part IV Conclusion: Jaemin Lee, Green Subsidies and Countervailing Duty Investigations - Some Implications from Recent Examples of Korea.