UNCTAD contributes to a book on analysis of developmental and market-access impact of private sustainability standards on horticultural exports in Africa.
UNCTAD contributes an article on pro-actively complying with private voluntary standards on Good Agricultural Standards: Key findings of country-case studies in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda.

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World Trade Law and Renewable Energy: The Case of Non-Tariff Barriers Just Published !
This study was written by Prof. Robert Howse of the University of Michigan Law School, and edited by Mr. Alexey Vikhlyaev of the UNCTAD secretariat. It �q-considers the question of non-tariff barriers and renewable energy from the perspective of the law of the World Trade Organization. The first part of the study examines whether and to what extent, under the law of the WTO government, policies to promote renewable energy may be disciplined as non-tariff barriers. The second part addresses itself to whether and to what extent WTO law could be used to challenge or discipline policies (regulatory barriers) that disadvantage renewable energy.

WTO Negotiations on Environmental Goods and Services: A Potential Contribution to the Millennium Development Goals Just Published !
This study was written by written by Thomas Cottier, Professor of European and International Economic Law, Managing Director, World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland and Donah Sharon Baracol Pinhao, Economist, Master of International Law and Economics, Formerly Research Fellow, World Trade Institute, University of Berne, Switzerland, and edited by Mr. Alexey Vikhlyaev of the UNCTAD secretariat..

Market access is a key issue for developing countries. Developing countries have been concerned that domestic environmental policies in developed countries may adversely affect market access of products from developing countries. Producers in developing countries may lack the technical and financial ability to comply with the environmental regulations of industrialised nations. A key concern is the extent to which environmental standards and regulations, as well as sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures in developed country markets have the potential to create barriers to trade, particularly for products exported by developing countries.