口译分类词汇:WTO术语英文解释(12)

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Trade and environment

Agenda 21 — The Agenda for the 21st Century — a declaration from the 1992 Earth Summit (UN Conference on the Environment and Development) held in Rio de Janeiro.

Article XX — GATT Article listing allowed “exceptions” to the trade rules.

Basel Convention — An MEA dealing with hazardous waste.

BTA — Border tax adjustment

CITES — Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. An MEA.

CTE — The WTO Committee on Trade and Environment.

EST — Environmentally-sound technology.

EST&P — EST and products.

ex ante, ex post — Before and after a measure is applied.

LCA — Life cycle analysis — a method of assessing whether a good or service is environmentally friendly.

MEA — Multilateral environmental agreement.

Montreal Protocol — An MEA dealing with the depletion of the earth’s ozone layer.

PPM — Process and production method.

TBT — The WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade.

waiver — Permission granted by WTO members allowing a WTO member not to comply with normal commitments. Waivers have time limits and extensions have to be justified.

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