Examine implications of trade in natural resources for environmental sustainability with reference to GATT Article XX(g). Critically evaluate the current opportunities and challenges in making two opposing regimes of trade and environment mutually supportive in invoking ART XX(g) exception.
(the recommended books and journals provide a starting point for further research):
1- Shawkat Alam, Sustainable Development and Free Trade (Routledge,2008). It is available online
2- The required text for this course is the IISD and UNEP, Environment and Trade: A Handbook – Second Edition. It is available online at https://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=754