This article analyses how conflicts between the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety – a typical example of the relationship between trade and environmental treaties – are dealt with at the institutional level. It systematically explores the role that the WTO and Protocol organs (may) play in preventing treaty conflicts. Through a theoretical analysis, the article studies how relevant international organizations could contribute to the avoidance of treaty conflicts through actions taken at the institutional level. The doctrinal assertions made in this article are supported by complementary empirical research. The article highlights the extent to which institutional cooperation and coordination between the WTO and Protocol organs are actually happening, and offers suggestions on how conflicts between the treaties can effectively be avoided at the institutional level.

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国际组织在防止SPS协定与卡塔赫纳生物安全议定书之间发生冲突方面的作用

本文分析了在机构一级如何处理世界贸易组织（世贸组织）《卫生与植物检疫措施协定》与《卡塔赫纳生物安全议定书》之间的冲突。《卡塔赫纳生物安全议定书》是贸易与环境条约之间关系的典型例子。它系统地探讨了WTO和议定书机构（可能）在防止条约冲突中的作用。通过理论分析，本文研究了相关国际组织如何通过机构一级采取的行动，为避免条约冲突做出贡献。本文的理论主张得到了经验研究的补充。文章强调了WTO与议定书机构之间的机构合作与协调的实际开展程度，