Trade and Environment and the WTO

Course

Self-paced e-learning

Other Partner

World Trade Organisation

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Level: Intermediate
Language: English
Venue: Online
Certificate: Yes
Price: Free

This course provides an overview of the relationship between trade and environment.

Sustainable Development Goals: Responsible consumption and production; Life on land; Partnerships for the goals - Trade
Subject: Trade and environment
Keywords: environment; trade

About this course

This course explains the relationship between trade and environment and the role of the Committee on Trade and Environment in the WTO. It also provides a clear understanding of the WTO rules on Trade and Environment and their complex linkages with a number of international treaties and regulations on a wide range of key areas governing today’s world.

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Target audience

Government officials from developing and least-developed countries.

Learning objectives

The objectives of the course are to:

Identify and understand the relationship between trade and environment and the role of the Committee on Trade and Environment in the WTO.
Have a clear understanding of the WTO rules on Trade and Environment and their complex linkages with a number of international treaties and regulations on a wide-range of key areas governing today’s world.
Have an improved ability to interpret relevant information and documents on trade and environment-related issues, and to use the WTO legal texts and related background materials.