Can the GATT Become Environment-Friendly?
Stephen J. Porter As the title suggests, this article seeks to find ways to use trade sanctions in order to advance legitimate environmental goals. It draws out the particulars of the first Tuna-Dolphin controversy, provides historical context, outlines both the Mexican and American positions, and reviews and criticises the panel report itself. Like other articles in this series, Porter’s work approaches the Tuna-Dolphin controversy from both a legal and environmental background. His informed analysis takes account of the relevance of the trade regime’s constraints on panel processes, and proposes that the GATT integrate scientific expertise into dispute settlement to assist in determining whether trade barriers serve valid environmental purposes. 1992. Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, Volume V, pp. 91 – 116. Green Protectionism: Does the End Justify the Means? Cristina Hernández Adding an important development-oriented perspective to the first Tuna-Dolphin decision,
