Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1992
Abstract
Trade is not an end in itself; rather, it is a means to an end. The end is environmentally sustainable economic development. So viewed, there are legitimate constraints on trading patterns and practices that are necessary to ensure that the "instrument of trade" leads to environmentally sustainable development. Measures needed to protect the environment cannot be forsworn simply because they may adversely affect free trading relationships.
Publication Citation
86 Am. J. Int'l L. 728 (1992)
Scholarly Commons Citation
Brown Weiss, Edith, "Environment and Trade as Partners in Sustainable Development: A Commentary" (1992). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 1626.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/1626