The GATT: Menace or ally?

The world's free-trade interests seem to be bent on expanding their commercial powers even if that means jeopardizing any conflicting environmental laws. This paper presents an overview of the linked economic/environmental of GATT, ranging from species protection to hazardous waste management. Included is a discussion of the possibilities of energy related technology transfers between countries such as solar photovoltaic cells. The key example used is the Tuna-Dolphin agreement shortcomings. Suggestions of how GATT can work with the environment in a wide variety of ways