The present note provides an overview of the earlier discussion in the Committee on Trade and Environment on the relationship between environment and trade, a summary of those elements of the Doha mandate that relate to the relationship between specific trade obligations set out in multilateral environmental agreements and existing WTO rules, and information on procedures for exchange of information and observer status with WTO. It also indicates other issues in the negotiations that may have implications for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto
Protocol