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In this comment I should like to formulate a few reflections on the broad and multi-dimensional subject of the relationship between free-trade rules and non-economic policies, as it is developing in the EU and in the WTO. I concentrate on recent case-law, because the judiciary is the main vehicle which moves the debate forward. It goes without saying that this comment does not permit a full analysis of all the issues.1
See Ortino (2004).
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Eeckhout, P. (2008). Trade and Non-Economic Policies in the EU and in the WTO. A Comment on Peter-Christian Müller-Graff’s Paper ‘Protectionism or Reasonable National Regulation?’. In: Griller, S. (eds) At the Crossroads: The World Trading System and the Doha Round. Schriftenreihe der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Europaforschung (ECSA Austria) / European Community Studies Association of Austria Publication Series, vol 8. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-69379-7_7
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