Abstract

Although economic, social and environmental components of international development are regulated by the relevant fields of international law, in most cases, it is still an exception to find that they give due consideration to each other. Promoting sustainable development through negotiating new international trade and investment agreements is taken to level up global environmental and labour standards as well as to formalise the principle of sustainable development. In light of this, Africa is becoming the next region where new trade policy tools regarding sustainable development are ...