The Role of Science in the Uruguay Round and NAFTA Trade Disciplines

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationEconomy Division
dc.contributor.otherWirth, D. A.
dc.coverage.spatialUruguay
dc.coverage.spatialUnited States
dc.coverage.spatialCanada
dc.coverage.spatialMexico
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-16T07:32:11Z
dc.date.available2019-10-16T07:32:11Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.descriptionThis paper examines the increasingly important role of science in the structure and operation of international trade agreements. Indeed, under the recently completed Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Uruguay Round) and the trilateral North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)T. the presence and integrity of scientific support is a principal touchstone for determining the legitimacy of many national regulatory efforts aimed at assuring environmental integrity or safeguarding public health. More particularly, the analysis in this paper is intended to highlight the quiescent issues at the interface between science and governmental regulatory policies that are raised by the emphasis on scientific validity in the Uruguay Round and the NAFTA.en
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dc.identifier.isbn1 020-1610
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30271
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironment and Trade Series
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectscience
dc.subjecttrade agreement
dc.subjectenvironmental aspect
dc.subjectenvironmental standard
dc.subjectinternational trade
dc.subjectenvironmental protection
dc.titleThe Role of Science in the Uruguay Round and NAFTA Trade Disciplinesen
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