With respect to environmental issues, the GATT:
A) does not allow countries to adopt environmental laws that affect imports.
B) allows countries to adopt environmental laws that affect domestic production but not imports.
C) allows countries to adopt environmental laws that are applied uniformly against domestic producers and imports.
D) allows countries to adopt more stringent laws affecting imports than domestic producers.

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The GATT allows countries to adopt environmental laws that are uniformly applied to domestic producers and imports. This is known as the principle of non-discrimination, which means that countries cannot give domestic producers an unfair advantage over foreign competitors by exempting them from environmental regulations. However, these laws must not be protectionist in nature and must not discriminate against imports.

With Respect to Environmental Issues, the GATT