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The Global Environment & Trade Study (GETS) was a non-profit research institute established in 1994 to study the complex linkages between international trade and environmental sustainability.〔Global Environment & Trade Study, ''1995–1996 Biennial Report'', p. 2.〕 GETS supported numerous research projects on the legal, economic, and ecological aspects of trade and environment. GETS was centered at Yale University.〔http://www.yale.edu/envirocenter/research_completed.htm〕 GETS also studied the expanding role of civil society in global governance. In 2004, the GETS Board decided that a sufficient amount had been accomplished over the decade, and that it was time to terminate the project. ==Major Accomplishments== GETS had four major accomplishments: * First, GETS helped to raise the consciousness of international institutions and governments about the importance of the trade-environment linkage and about the need for better analytical underpinnings of intergovernmental decisionmaking. GETS was pleased in 2001 when environment was incorporated as a specific goal of the World Trade Organization Doha negotiating round.〔(WTO | Environment - Negotiations on trade and environment )〕 * Second, GETS advocated greater transparency at the WTO in documentation and called for opportunities for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to submit amicus curiae briefs. GETS was happy to see the WTO agree to release more documentation and to see the Appellate Body permit amicus briefs in the United States – Shrimp case.〔David Palmeter & Petros C. Mavroidis, ''Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization'', Cambridge U. Press, 2d ed. 2004, p. 35.〕 * Third, GETS called for a more environment-friendly interpretation of trade rules, particularly regarding environmental measures being reviewed under Article XX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The Appellate Body did so in several landmark WTO cases.〔John H. Jackson, "Justice Feliciano and the WTO Environmental Cases: Laying the Foundations of a 'Constitutional Jurisprudence' with Implications for Developing Countries," in Steve Charnovitz, Debra P. Steger & Peter van den Bossche, ''Law in the Service of Human Dignity'', Cambridge U. Press, 2005.〕 * Fourth, GETS called for the inclusion of an environmental dimension in emerging bilateral and regional free trade agreements, especially in Latin America. Progress continues to be made in doing so. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Global Environment and Trade Study」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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