THE UNITED STATES, CHINA & THE BASELCONVENTION ON THE TRANSBOUNDARYMOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES ANDTHEIR DISPOSALMark Bradford*T he Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movementsof Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal' ("Basel Convention"or the "Convention") is the first global regulatory regimeimposed upon the international trade, both legal andillegal, in hazardous solid and chemical wastes.2 The Conventionconcluded on March 22, 1989 at the end of a three-day UnitedNations Environment Programme ("UNEP") conference attendedby representatives of 116 states and observers from 34non-governmental organizations. 3 The Convention entered intoforce on May 5, 1992.4 The United States became one of the
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