A Study On The Legal Problems Of Animal Welfare Barriers Under WTO Framework

With the rapid development of economy and the continuous progress of human civilization,animal welfare issues and other moral and environmental issues into the people's attention and gradually warming up,people pay more and more attention to animal safety,health and security.But in the wave of economic globalization,international trade liberalization and trade protectionism war never stopped,some countries have ulterior motives to animal welfare into the scope of international trade,making it gradually become a means of competition for people,a new type Of the trade barriers will come into being.This trend has a significant impact on international trade.In particular,most developed countries to become another means to curb the export of trade in developing countries and to restrict its economic development use this new type of trade barrier.As the largest developing country,it harms deeply.This paper begins with the explanation of the meaning of animal welfare and animal welfare barrier,and gradually reveals the characteristics,manifestations,causes and causes of animal welfare barriers.On the basis of a series of research and analysis on China's trade status,The paper analyzes the contents of the agreement on animal welfare in the framework of WTO,and draws lessons from the relevant measures of some countries,taking into account the general trend and the specific situation of our country and the interests of both human and animal.Finally,Which mainly includes both institutional and legal measures.This paper is divided into four parts to discuss,as follows:The first part mainly introduces the connotation and development process of animal welfare,and aims to reveal its progress significance,and then elaborate the concept,composition,manifestation,characteristic,cause and influence of animal welfare barrier.Comprehensive grasp.The second part mainly analyzes the WTO agreements related to animal welfare barriers.This part introduces the relevant WTO basic principles,the WTO agreement and its application in the animal welfare barrier,and makes some analysis,lists the relevant cases,and points out the shortcomings in the WTO related agreement for reference.The third and fourth parts mainly reveal the problems of animal welfare barrier in our country and its causes and countermeasures.This part puts forward the countermeasure of the system of animal welfare for our country,and then expounds the legal aspect from the two aspects of international law and domestic law Countermeasure,the international law level of the main countermeasures are:make full use of WTO rules and policies,the rational use of WTO dispute settlement mechanism,and actively participate in WTO negotiations on animal welfare rules,seek regional cooperation;domestic law level of countermeasures are:to speed up animal welfare Legislation,establish and improve animal welfare standards,constructs the animal welfare labeling system,establishes the animal welfare barrier early warning system and the animal welfare barrier coping system.