The purpose of this paper is to verify whether it can be
ascertained a policy of “environmental conditionality” in EU trade relations
with Latin American countries, aimed to environmental promotion and
to improve sustainable development. It analyses both agreements and
unilateral acts in order to define the characteristics and the efficacy of
such a policy. The paper reaches the conclusion that environmental
conditionality, even being a soft form of conditionality, can prove to be
an effective formula to induce third countries to improve environmental
protection.
