Animals and the Impact of Trade Law and Policy

A Global Animal Law Question

Bibliographic Data

ID4610036
AuthorsIyan Offor (0000-0002-0637-958X, University of Strathclyde, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume9
Issue2
Pages239-262
Publication date2020-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransnational Environmental Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2047-1025 • E-ISSN: 2047-1033
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s2047102519000402
OpenAlexW3008430106
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited34

There is a critical research gap regarding the trade and animal welfare interface: we do not know, empirically, what the impact of trade on animal welfare is. This gap exists, in part, as a result of the paternalism of international trade law and the underdevelopment of global animal law. This article addresses, firstly, the collision of dichotomous trade and animal welfare priorities in legal and political systems. It then explores attempts at reconciliation by the World Trade Organization and the European Union. This involves an investigation of the impact of trade on animal welfare. This impact is categorized into four component parts: (i) open markets, (ii) low animal-welfare havens, (iii) a chilling effect, and (iv) lack of labelling. Case studies from the European Union are examined. Thirdly, the article critiques trade law and policy as ill-suited primary drivers of global governance for animals. Global animal law is identified as a promising alternative, although its early development has been unduly affected by international trade law

Animal welfare · Biology · Business · Commercial policy · Economics · European union · International economics · International trade · Political science · Public economics · Underdevelopment · Welfare · Agricultural safety and regulations · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Law · World Trade Organization Law

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