The sustainability revolution in international trade agreements / edited by Geraldo Vidigal, Kathleen Claussen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. A sustainability revolution? the role of trade agreements / Geraldo Vidigal and Kathleen Claussen -- PART I. SUSTAINABILITY IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS: CONFLICT OR COMPLEMENTARITY. 2. Embedding sustainable development in trade / Joel P. Trachtman -- 3. Making trade agreements contribute to sustainability: the potential of behavioural science / Anne van Aaken -- 4. Evaluating the sustainability agenda in international trade agreements: aims, effectiveness, legitimacy, and importance / James Harrison -- 5. Sustainable development and international economic law: intersections or convergence? / Sonia E. Rolland -- 6. Trade and environment negotiations at the WTO: a new opportunity for SIDS? / Jan Yves Remy and Sanvid Tuljapurkar -- PART II. SUSTAINABILITY OBLIGATIONS: CONTENT AND COMPLIANCE. 7. Labour standards in EU free trade agreements: substantive issues and recent developments concerning their enforcement / Giovanni Gruni -- 8. Trade agreements and disability inclusion: looking beyond labour and gender equality provisions / Amrita Bahri -- 9. Infusing indigenous worldviews in trade and sustainability agreements / Risa Schwartz amd Carrie Stoddart-Smith -- 10. The legal links between free trade agreements and multilateral environmental agreements / Gregory Messenger -- 11. Exploring the nexus of environmental sustainability and international trade: the significance of self-standing obligations / Maria Panezi -- 12. Integrating climate action into free trade agreements / Emily Lydgate -- 13. Sustainability obligations and developing countries: any scope for special and differential treatment? / Regis Y. Simo -- 14. Enforcing sustainability obligations: adjudication and post-adjudication enforcement / Ilaria Espa -- 15. Enforcing international sustainability standards on international and national platforms / Desirée LeClercq -- 16. Decentralized enforcement of sustainability commitments: rebalancing, targeted enforcement, and production requirements in trade agreements / Geraldo Vidigal -- 17. State and private accountability through the rapid response labour mechanism: scope, purposes, and prospects for effectiveness / Kevin Banks -- 18. Sustainability obligations in trade agreements: do exceptions and defences apply? / Caroline Henckels -- PART III. SUSTAINABILITY IN TRADE AGREEMENTS AND THE FUTURE OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. 19. Copernican revolution or green protectionism? / Timothy Meyer -- 20. The role of development' in sustainable development in trade agreements / James J. Nedumpara -- 21. Interactions between free trade agreements' sustainability provisions and WTO law / Yuka Fukunaga -- 22. Sustainability meets trade: assessing trade agreements' new endeavour to incorporate sustainability issues / Jaemin Lee -- 23. From neoliberalism to ordoliberalism, and beyond: sustainability and trade governance / Frank J. Garcia and Mario R. Osorio Hernandez -- 24. The road ahead / Kathleen Claussen and Geraldo Vidigal.