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Table of Contents
Intro
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Contributors
Chapter 1: Prologue
1 Governing Trade and Climate to Achieve Sustainability
2 Democratizing Trade Governance for Sustainability
3 Structure
Chapter 2: Green Bills for Green Earth
1 Introduction and Overview of the Global Climate and Trade Regimes
2 Analyzing the Climate Change and International Trade Regimes
2.1 Do They Contradict Each Other?
2.2 Next Steps for the EU and the WTO to Combat Climate Change
2.3 The Paris Agreement and a Global Response to Greenhouse Gas Emissions
3 Analysis of the European Green Deal and the United States Green New Deal
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Main Features of the European Green Deal and US Green New Deal
3.2.1 The European Green Deal
3.2.2 The US Green New Deal
4 Assessing the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Carbon Pricing
4.2.1 The Concept
4.2.2 Structuring Carbon Pricing
4.3 What Is a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism?
4.3.1 What Does This System Entail?
4.3.2 Global Reactions to the Measure
4.4 How Does the WTO Regime View the CBAM Structure?
4.4.1 The Relation Between Trade and Environment Per the WTO Regime
4.4.2 Analyzing the Compliance of CBAM with WTO Law
Is the EU Empowered to Impose CBAM Along with Pre-existing Border Taxation?
Triggering the Nondiscrimination Clause: The Two Headed Leviathan for the EU
A Game of Chance Played on the Whims of the EU? Analysis of the Most-Favored-Nation Clause
Charity Stays at Home: Where Is the Difference Between EU and Non-EU Products? Analysis of the National Treatment Clause
4.4.3 An "Exception-al" Measure for the Environment: Can the CBAM Fall Under the Ambit of the General Exceptions Envisaged in the WTO?
Assessing the Applicability of GATT Article XX(b)
Assessing the Applicability of GATT Article XX(g)
4.4.4 Way Forward
5 Concluding Remarks
Chapter 3: Mega-Regional Trade Agreements and Decarbonization
1 Introduction
2 Mega-Regional Trade Agreements and Climate Change Mitigation
2.1 Promoting Energy Efficiency
2.1.1 Improving Coherence of Energy Efficiency Standards
2.1.2 Improving the Overall Global Energy Governance Framework
2.2 Influencing Efforts Toward the Energy Transition
2.2.1 Mega-Regional Trade Agreements and Rules Against Fossil Fuels
2.2.2 Creating New Rules That Benefit Renewable Energy
3 India and China: Two Key Climate Players
3.1 Two Birds with One Stone: Development and Sustainability in India
3.2 China's Global Ambitions
3.2.1 Is China Attempting to Fill a Climate Change Leadership-Vacuum?
3.2.2 Does China Have Credibility to Play a Leadership Role in Global Sustainability?
4 Looking Into a Decarbonized Future: Clean Energy Technologies and Shale Gas
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Contributors
Chapter 1: Prologue
1 Governing Trade and Climate to Achieve Sustainability
2 Democratizing Trade Governance for Sustainability
3 Structure
Chapter 2: Green Bills for Green Earth
1 Introduction and Overview of the Global Climate and Trade Regimes
2 Analyzing the Climate Change and International Trade Regimes
2.1 Do They Contradict Each Other?
2.2 Next Steps for the EU and the WTO to Combat Climate Change
2.3 The Paris Agreement and a Global Response to Greenhouse Gas Emissions
3 Analysis of the European Green Deal and the United States Green New Deal
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Main Features of the European Green Deal and US Green New Deal
3.2.1 The European Green Deal
3.2.2 The US Green New Deal
4 Assessing the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Carbon Pricing
4.2.1 The Concept
4.2.2 Structuring Carbon Pricing
4.3 What Is a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism?
4.3.1 What Does This System Entail?
4.3.2 Global Reactions to the Measure
4.4 How Does the WTO Regime View the CBAM Structure?
4.4.1 The Relation Between Trade and Environment Per the WTO Regime
4.4.2 Analyzing the Compliance of CBAM with WTO Law
Is the EU Empowered to Impose CBAM Along with Pre-existing Border Taxation?
Triggering the Nondiscrimination Clause: The Two Headed Leviathan for the EU
A Game of Chance Played on the Whims of the EU? Analysis of the Most-Favored-Nation Clause
Charity Stays at Home: Where Is the Difference Between EU and Non-EU Products? Analysis of the National Treatment Clause
4.4.3 An "Exception-al" Measure for the Environment: Can the CBAM Fall Under the Ambit of the General Exceptions Envisaged in the WTO?
Assessing the Applicability of GATT Article XX(b)
Assessing the Applicability of GATT Article XX(g)
4.4.4 Way Forward
5 Concluding Remarks
Chapter 3: Mega-Regional Trade Agreements and Decarbonization
1 Introduction
2 Mega-Regional Trade Agreements and Climate Change Mitigation
2.1 Promoting Energy Efficiency
2.1.1 Improving Coherence of Energy Efficiency Standards
2.1.2 Improving the Overall Global Energy Governance Framework
2.2 Influencing Efforts Toward the Energy Transition
2.2.1 Mega-Regional Trade Agreements and Rules Against Fossil Fuels
2.2.2 Creating New Rules That Benefit Renewable Energy
3 India and China: Two Key Climate Players
3.1 Two Birds with One Stone: Development and Sustainability in India
3.2 China's Global Ambitions
3.2.1 Is China Attempting to Fill a Climate Change Leadership-Vacuum?
3.2.2 Does China Have Credibility to Play a Leadership Role in Global Sustainability?
4 Looking Into a Decarbonized Future: Clean Energy Technologies and Shale Gas