Abstract
International agreements for trade liberalization and national and international environmental concerns are increasingly perceived as being in conflict. Thechiefdangeristhattheseconflictsmayunderminetheeffectiveness of international cooperation on both trade and environmental issues. The conflicts between the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer are a case in point. This article examines these conflicts and their possible resolution, focusing on the case of India. A common agenda unifying these concerns is emerging, but remains in a rudimentary form. Only with explicit acknowledgment of the inherent conflict between trade and environmental agreements can future discord be averted.
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