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In September 2003, the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) wil... more In September 2003, the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the
World Trade Organization (“WTO”) will meet in Cancun,
Mexico. Cancun may provide an opportunity to reconcile
many tensions between trade and the environment, although it
seems likely that environmental concerns will remain
marginalized. NGOs, governments, and other environmental
agencies are eagerly waiting to see what happens at Cancun.
At the Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha,
Qatar, governments mandated the WTO to unilaterally clarify
the relationship between trade rules and trade measures that
enforce MEAs. The Doha mandate, however, established that
the outcome of any negotiations “shall not diminish the rights
and obligations of Members under existing WTO agreements,”
thus continuing to subjugate environmental concerns to those
of trade.1 Many developing nations favor prioritizing economic
development over complying with MEAs. They consider
GATT Article XX, the list of exceptions, adequate for handling
the MEA-WTO issue.2 Other nations, mainly developed
economic powers, support clarifying the MEA-WTO
relationship.3
In September 2003, the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) wil... more In September 2003, the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the
World Trade Organization (“WTO”) will meet in Cancun,
Mexico. Cancun may provide an opportunity to reconcile
many tensions between trade and the environment, although it
seems likely that environmental concerns will remain
marginalized. NGOs, governments, and other environmental
agencies are eagerly waiting to see what happens at Cancun.
At the Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha,
Qatar, governments mandated the WTO to unilaterally clarify
the relationship between trade rules and trade measures that
enforce MEAs. The Doha mandate, however, established that
the outcome of any negotiations “shall not diminish the rights
and obligations of Members under existing WTO agreements,”
thus continuing to subjugate environmental concerns to those
of trade.1 Many developing nations favor prioritizing economic
development over complying with MEAs. They consider
GATT Article XX, the list of exceptions, adequate for handling
the MEA-WTO issue.2 Other nations, mainly developed
economic powers, support clarifying the MEA-WTO
relationship.3