GATT/WTO规则框架下PPM环境贸易措施的合法性研究
Study on the Legality of PPM-based Environmental Trade Measures under the GATT/WTO Framework
Abstract
PPM作为一种环境标准,是指产品的生产过程和生产方法。以PPM为依据采取的环境贸易措施,即PPM环境贸易措施,是贸易与环境争论中最具争议性的问题之一。它所涉及的利益复杂纠缠,GATT/WTO中的相关规定过于笼统,加上相关司法实践出现波动和阐释的前后不一致性,这些都使得PPM环境贸易措施在GATT/WTO框架下的法律地位模糊不清。本文重点从理论和司法实践中剥析出并阐释影响PPM环境贸易措施合法性的三个主要因素。在分析一个具体的PPM环境贸易措施时,根据本文研究成果来综合考量这几个因素有助于评判它与GATT/WTO规则的符合程度,也有助于有关国家在行动时尽量规范自己的行为而不去触犯一些“禁区”,这... As a kind of environmental standard, PPM is the abbreviation for “Process and Production Method”. The PPM standard is characterized by differentiating a product on its process and production method. The issue of PPM-based environmental trade measures is the most controversial one among the debates between the environment and trade system. With the PPM measures being entangled with sophisticated in...