The Principles Governing Trading Between The Wto Member...

Introduction This essay is going to look at the principles governing trading between the WTO member states and their repercussions on human rights. This principles have a two way repercussion on human rights: on the one hand they tend to promote certain fundamental human rights; and on the other hand, they tend to undermine fundamental human rights. Article XX of the GATT is one good example. It empowers member states of the WTO to raise barriers to trade and discriminate against member states where such is necessary to protect human, animal or plant health. The state in however taking such a measure must do it in a manner that is as less trade-restrictive as possible. The essay will show how fundamental human rights such as the right to health is violated because a state is trying to adopt measures which are as less trade restrictive as possible. Principles that Promote Trade The objective of the WTO is to guarantee free and fair trade (equal access to markets) through the integration of markets and the trading system (qualitative dimension) on the one hand; and the elimination of quantitative restrictions (quantitative dimension) on the other. Trade is also promoted by the WTO through Differential and More Favourable Treatment, Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of Developing Countries (the Enabling Clause) which empowers developed countries to grant preferential treatment by way of Generalized Systems of Preferences (GSP) to goods originating from developingShow MoreRelatedhow globalization and environmental sustainability influence strategic management14776 Words   |  60 Pagesconflict. Indeed, there are neither theoretical reasons nor adequate or conclusive empirical evidence to show that the relationship between globalization and environmental sustainability is unidirectional or unidimensional (ECLAC/UNEP, 2001). One thing that is unquestionable, as the scientific evidence makes clear, is that the growing and cumulative scale of human activities has produced environmental effects of a global nature (â€Å"global public bads†) that are not reflected in the markets butRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesMichael Adas for the American Historical Association TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS PHILADELPHIA Temple University Press 1601 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122 www.temple.edu/tempress Copyright  © 2010 by Temple University All rights reserved Published 2010 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Essays on twentieth century history / edited by Michael Peter Adas for the American Historical Association. p. cm.—(Critical perspectives on the past) Includes bibliographicalRead MoreManagement Course: Mba−10 General Management215330 Words   |  862 PagesGuide, Third Edition Reed−Lajoux and others . . . This book was printed on recycled paper. Management http://www.mhhe.com/primis/online/ Copyright  ©2005 by The McGraw−Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisherRead MoreMonsanto: Better Living Through Genetic Engineering96204 Words   |  385 PagesNucor in 2005 C A S E S I X News Corp in 2005: Consolidating the DirecTV acquisition C A S E S E V E N Shanghai Volkswagen: Implementing project management in the electrical engineering division C A S E E I G H T Television New Zealand: Balancing between commercial and social objectives C A S E N I N E From greenï ¬ eld to graduates: University of the Sunshine Coast C A S E T E N Whole Foods Market, 2005: Will there be enough organic food to satisfy the C A S E E L E V E N growing demand? Wal-Mart StoresRead MoreCase Study14834 8 Words   |  594 Pages---------------------------------This edition published 2011  © Pearson Education Limited 2011 The rights of Gerry Johnson, Richard Whittington and Kevan Scholes to be identified as the authors of this work have been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Pearson Education is not responsible for the content of third party internet sites. ISBN: 978-0-273-73557-1 (printed) ISBN: 978-0-273-73552-6 (web) All rights reserved. Permission is hereby given for the material in this publication