Integrating the Un Sdgs Into Wto Law

This is an open access book. Sustainable development is so important that humanity must do its utmost to achieve these goals for the well-being of the present and future generations. WTO members have started to reform WTO rules since the WTO’s Buenos Aires Ministerial Conference in 2017. The book describes a possible bright future for readers: WTO members can integrate the UN SDGs into WTO law (i.e., create sustainable trade rules) by establishing a sustainable development club and constitutionalising the WTO.

Xinyan Zhao is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy at the University of Sussex. He specialises in international trade law and policy, with a particular focus on trade and sustainable development. Xinyan holds a PhD in International Economic Law from the University of Lausanne. In 2020, Xinyan was a research intern at the University of Montreal (Canada), sponsored by the Mitacs Globalink Research Award. He regularly participates in international conferences and academic seminars. I was the panellist at the Society of International Economic Law 2021 Conference and the seventh Geneva Jean Monnet Doctoral Workshop. He was also invited to present an academic poster at the Society of International Economic Law 2023 Conference.