EU Sustainable Finance and International Trade Law: Legality and Propagation of EU Sustainable Finance Regulation under GATS and Free Trade Agreements
About this ebook
Guided by these questions, this book offers the reader a three-step analytical approach towards the topic: First, this book provides a comprehensive overview of all relevant EU Sustainable Finance regulations and publications. The particular value of this overview results also from its focus on the respective legislative background and interrelation with international policy frameworks, such as UN development and climate protection agreements or bilateral working groups. This overview is followed by an analysis of the potential for collision between the EU’s Sustainable Finance legislation and its obligations under GATS and EU free trade agreements. Finally, this book identifies actual and possible channels of propagation and justification of Sustainable Finance policy through the WTO framework and the EU’s free trade agreements. This analysis is further supported by an overview on best practices and regulatory proposals on potential future consolidation of Sustainable Finance and international trade law. This book is thus highly relevant both for practitioners in cross-border financial services and international trade law as well as researchers and EU legislators wishing to understand the challenges and opportunities of implementing Sustainable Finance in light of international trade law.
About the author
Sven Pauls has previously worked as an attorney for a Frankfurt-based law firm. In this capacity, he primarily focused on ESG-related aspects in EU banking and payment services supervision and cross-border provision of financial services. Affiliated with the University of Göttingen and with a background in public international law and political sciences, his scientific focus revolves around the intersection of EU and WTO law and the political processes associated with the EU’s external trade policy.
