Common use of TPP and Environment Clause in Contracts

TPP and Environment. As a ‘21st century’ agreement,80 the TPP claimed to adequately deal with the relationship between trade, investment and the environment. Chapter 20 ‘Environment’, composed of 23 articles, addressed issues like trade and biodiversity, environmental protection, multilateral environmental agreements (‘MEAs’), CSR, climate change and sustainable development, among others. As stated by Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, the TPP Environment Chapter offered some ‘environmental benefits by: (1) directly linking trade to numerous environmental concerns, thereby injecting environmental considerations into trade policy; (2)

TPP and Environment. As a ‘21st century’ agreement,80 the TPP claimed to adequately deal with the relationship between trade, investment and the environment. Chapter 20 ‘Environment’, composed of 23 articles, addressed issues like trade and biodiversity, environmental protection, multilateral environmental agreements (‘MEAs’), CSR, climate change and sustainable development, among others. As stated by Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, the TPP Environment Chapter offered some ‘environmental benefits by: (1) directly linking trade to numerous environmental concerns, thereby injecting environmental considerations into trade policy; (2)20