This article examines the use of trade measures in international regimes. The
catalyst for this research is the high-level international debate on trade and the
environment, which is now focusing on the appropriateness of using trade
measures in multilateral environmental agreements.1 The World Trade Organization is expected to consider recommendations on this issue at its first
ministerial meeting in December 1996.
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