Common Contracts
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The SPS Agreement and Climate ChangeSPS Agreement • April 26th, 2022
Climate change negatively affects income inequality of countries around the globe. These negative effects can arise in unlikely ways, such as through the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measure (“SPS”) Agreement. Increasing income disparity between “developed” and “undeveloped” countries is an unintended consequence of the inconsistent application of SPS Agreement’s restrictions on animal/animal product trade. This leads developed countries to generate more wealth. Even more, this causes developing countries to struggle with the effect of climate change. Inconsistent application of the SPS Agreement leads to several questions. Does the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) restrict imports from certain countries based on the World Health Organization’s (“WHO”) recommendation to protect the national health of states?2 Do countries apply Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measure (“SPS”) agreements3 that make their decisions justifiable and reasonable to prohibit specific animal products that significantl
