Edited by Andreas R. Ziegler, Professor, University of Lausanne Switzerland and Xinyan Zhao, Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany

‘Interfacing trade regulation and SDGs raises a host of complex legal and economic challenges which the volume takes up in a remarkably comprehensive manner. It documents and discusses the shift of the international trading system towards the respect and integration of sustainability in a large number of different policy areas in difficult times. The reader will find much information and inspiration.’

• Contents1 International trade law and the United Nations Sustainable DevelopmentGoals: an introduction 1Andreas R. Ziegler and Xinyan ZhaoPART I INTERNATIONAL FORA FOR SUSTAINABLE TRADE2 The Appellate Body’s use of sustainable development 11Isabelle Van Damme3 Navigating global sustainability: the interplay between the WTO andSDGs 41Gabrielle Marceau, Mishael M. Wambua, and Maria George4 Multilevel governance of sustainable development in the WTO system 61Ernst-Ulrich PetersmannPART II ECONOMIC DIMENSION5 Can Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT) become a norm facilitator forsustainable development in international trade law? 80Xinyan Zhao and Minako Morita-Jaeger6 Inequality and sustainable development in digital trade regulation 95Mira Burri7 Sustainable procurement in UK trade policy 108Xinyan Zhao and Emily Lydgate8 When fleets travel: addressing fisheries access agreements in the WTO fishnegotiations 125Sunayana SasmalPART III SOCIAL DIMENSION9 Policy space under WTO law to foster sustainable commodity production:new EU regulation and innovative options 149Irene Musselli and Elisabeth Bürgi Bonanomi10 From crisis to commerce: international trade as a facilitator of climatemobility? 167Aylin Yildiz Noorda11 Trade and corruption in light of the SDGs 185Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer12 Gender equality in trade agreements and the Sustainable DevelopmentGoals 204Caroline Dommen13 Regulatory sovereignty in WTO law: a case study of plain packaging underTBT Article 2.2 224Tania Voon14 International trade law and labor rights protection 243Yueming YanPART IV ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION15 Emerging climate clubs: opportunities, challenges and potential clasheswith international trade rules 261Ilaria Espa and Kateryna Holzer16 Compatibility of the European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanismwith WTO law 283Geneviève Dufour and Valériane Thool17 Balancing climate with economy: an EU CBAM issue in Northern Ireland 308Xinyan Zhao and Dongzhe Zhang18 Sustainable development in services trade 331Charlotte Sieber-Gasser19 Animals in international trade law 348Anne Peters20 China’s green surge: unpacking China’s renewable energy strategy andWTO rules 370Xiaofeng Li and Ming Du21 South Africa’s carbon pricing mechanism: decarbonising the economywhile stabilising trade capacity? 384Franziska Sucker and Clair Gammage22 Sustainable trade policy in Latin America and the Caribbean 406Belén Olmos Giupponi

Edited by Andreas R. Ziegler, Professor, University of Lausanne Switzerland and Xinyan Zhao, Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany

‘Interfacing trade regulation and SDGs raises a host of complex legal and economic challenges which the volume takes up in a remarkably comprehensive manner. It documents and discusses the shift of the international trading system towards the respect and integration of sustainability in a large number of different policy areas in difficult times. The reader will find much information and inspiration.’

• Contents1 International trade law and the United Nations Sustainable DevelopmentGoals: an introduction 1Andreas R. Ziegler and Xinyan ZhaoPART I INTERNATIONAL FORA FOR SUSTAINABLE TRADE2 The Appellate Body’s use of sustainable development 11Isabelle Van Damme3 Navigating global sustainability: the interplay between the WTO andSDGs 41Gabrielle Marceau, Mishael M. Wambua, and Maria George4 Multilevel governance of sustainable development in the WTO system 61Ernst-Ulrich PetersmannPART II ECONOMIC DIMENSION5 Can Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT) become a norm facilitator forsustainable development in international trade law? 80Xinyan Zhao and Minako Morita-Jaeger6 Inequality and sustainable development in digital trade regulation 95Mira Burri7 Sustainable procurement in UK trade policy 108Xinyan Zhao and Emily Lydgate8 When fleets travel: addressing fisheries access agreements in the WTO fishnegotiations 125Sunayana SasmalPART III SOCIAL DIMENSION9 Policy space under WTO law to foster sustainable commodity production:new EU regulation and innovative options 149Irene Musselli and Elisabeth Bürgi Bonanomi10 From crisis to commerce: international trade as a facilitator of climatemobility? 167Aylin Yildiz Noorda11 Trade and corruption in light of the SDGs 185Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer12 Gender equality in trade agreements and the Sustainable DevelopmentGoals 204Caroline Dommen13 Regulatory sovereignty in WTO law: a case study of plain packaging underTBT Article 2.2 224Tania Voon14 International trade law and labor rights protection 243Yueming YanPART IV ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION15 Emerging climate clubs: opportunities, challenges and potential clasheswith international trade rules 261Ilaria Espa and Kateryna Holzer16 Compatibility of the European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanismwith WTO law 283Geneviève Dufour and Valériane Thool17 Balancing climate with economy: an EU CBAM issue in Northern Ireland 308Xinyan Zhao and Dongzhe Zhang18 Sustainable development in services trade 331Charlotte Sieber-Gasser19 Animals in international trade law 348Anne Peters20 China’s green surge: unpacking China’s renewable energy strategy andWTO rules 370Xiaofeng Li and Ming Du21 South Africa’s carbon pricing mechanism: decarbonising the economywhile stabilising trade capacity? 384Franziska Sucker and Clair Gammage22 Sustainable trade policy in Latin America and the Caribbean 406Belén Olmos Giupponi

Edited by Andreas R. Ziegler, Professor, University of Lausanne Switzerland and Xinyan Zhao, Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany

‘Interfacing trade regulation and SDGs raises a host of complex legal and economic challenges which the volume takes up in a remarkably comprehensive manner. It documents and discusses the shift of the international trading system towards the respect and integration of sustainability in a large number of different policy areas in difficult times. The reader will find much information and inspiration.’

• Contents1 International trade law and the United Nations Sustainable DevelopmentGoals: an introduction 1Andreas R. Ziegler and Xinyan ZhaoPART I INTERNATIONAL FORA FOR SUSTAINABLE TRADE2 The Appellate Body’s use of sustainable development 11Isabelle Van Damme3 Navigating global sustainability: the interplay between the WTO andSDGs 41Gabrielle Marceau, Mishael M. Wambua, and Maria George4 Multilevel governance of sustainable development in the WTO system 61Ernst-Ulrich PetersmannPART II ECONOMIC DIMENSION5 Can Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT) become a norm facilitator forsustainable development in international trade law? 80Xinyan Zhao and Minako Morita-Jaeger6 Inequality and sustainable development in digital trade regulation 95Mira Burri7 Sustainable procurement in UK trade policy 108Xinyan Zhao and Emily Lydgate8 When fleets travel: addressing fisheries access agreements in the WTO fishnegotiations 125Sunayana SasmalPART III SOCIAL DIMENSION9 Policy space under WTO law to foster sustainable commodity production:new EU regulation and innovative options 149Irene Musselli and Elisabeth Bürgi Bonanomi10 From crisis to commerce: international trade as a facilitator of climatemobility? 167Aylin Yildiz Noorda11 Trade and corruption in light of the SDGs 185Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer12 Gender equality in trade agreements and the Sustainable DevelopmentGoals 204Caroline Dommen13 Regulatory sovereignty in WTO law: a case study of plain packaging underTBT Article 2.2 224Tania Voon14 International trade law and labor rights protection 243Yueming YanPART IV ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION15 Emerging climate clubs: opportunities, challenges and potential clasheswith international trade rules 261Ilaria Espa and Kateryna Holzer16 Compatibility of the European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanismwith WTO law 283Geneviève Dufour and Valériane Thool17 Balancing climate with economy: an EU CBAM issue in Northern Ireland 308Xinyan Zhao and Dongzhe Zhang18 Sustainable development in services trade 331Charlotte Sieber-Gasser19 Animals in international trade law 348Anne Peters20 China’s green surge: unpacking China’s renewable energy strategy andWTO rules 370Xiaofeng Li and Ming Du21 South Africa’s carbon pricing mechanism: decarbonising the economywhile stabilising trade capacity? 384Franziska Sucker and Clair Gammage22 Sustainable trade policy in Latin America and the Caribbean 406Belén Olmos Giupponi