| With the acceleration of the world economic globalization and the expansion of free trade worldwide, a wholly new way of trade protection steps quietly on the stage of international trade, which is the sight-catching green trade barrier. Firstly, this article generalizes the causing factors, the characteristics of green trade barrier. Secondly, the international legal sources on which green trade barrier bases are demonstrated, mainly including the green clauses of GATT/WTO, the trade-related articles in multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs)as well as trade-related articles in regional trade agreements. Finally, according to the actual situation in China, the article puts forward legal countermeasures to deal with theissue of green trade barrier, proposing that China, on the one hand, should actively participate in the international law-making activities on related issues and solve the international trade disputes caused by green trade barrier by using dispute settlement mechanism of WTO, on the other hand, should further perfect domestic legislation on trade and environment, establishing a legal system of environmental protection with Chinese characteristic, reforming and perfecting Chinese environmental administrative and judicatory system, improving the level of law-executing as well as constructing green trade barrier in China.Green trade barrier is a bran-new task for us. With the development of the world trade at high speed, it appears more complicated contents and more aried forms. In my thesis, I make a thorough analysis on the legal effect of he green clauses in WTO, I not only advance the suggestions about how to erfect the existing green clauses, but also bring forward the legal ountermeasures for dealing with Green trade barrier in China. I really hope our country can do something about Green Trade Barrier, to realize the sustainable development in the foreign trade and the purpose of protecting environment and people's health.
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