Biofuels from the international trade perspective and the law of the WTO

Abstract

The rise of the international market of biofuels is the result of specific politics of countries that are searching relative degrees of energy independence as well as fulfillment of their environmental commitments. However, the new risk for global food security and the threats over the environment has called the attention of the international community that claim for a sustainable production and trade. The international trade of this product and the law of the WTO play a role in the discipline of biofuels that is worth to be highlighted. The fundamental issues, inter alia, are related to “classification” of this product, subsidies and domestic standards.