In this paper we aim to explain World Trade Organization (WTO) members’ decision to initiate a dispute at the WTO …. Since many potential violations of WTO law remain unchallenged, we explore the conditions under which WTO members complain … about only some allegedly WTO-incompatible policies, while leaving a large majority of them unchallenged. While there may be …

main reason for this development. Rather, there are long-term influencing factors at work here: the WTO …-centred multilateral trade order is visibly eroding. Protectionism is on the rise around the globe. World trade is growing only marginally … uneven progress towards implementing the objectives included in the new trade policy strategy. While the EU's intention to …

international trade agreements protecting GIs, such as the 1994 TRIPS Agreement, the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade … international trade agreements such as the WTO Agreements on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards (SPS Agreement …This paper examines the legal and policy relationships amongst international standards for GIs, food safety …

(particularly of developing countries and small-medium-sized enterprises) to raise certain concerns. Since 2005, WTO bodies have … questions regarding private standards, particularly those relating to the scope of WTO member states' obligations under the SPS … and 13), some GATT/WTO jurisprudence regarding member states' duties relating to acts undertaken by private actors …

from various design flaws including inefficient incentives, WTO inconsistency and incompatibility with the EU Carbon Border … protectionism) and tertiary (ie global power competition with China) objectives. The initial negotiation proposal submitted by the … international climate and trade cooperation, whereas not adopting the EU proposal would make for a missed opportunity. Given the …

The article empirically examines the timing of initial decisions to adopt food safety systems and subsequent decisions …-benefit comparisons. Results highlight tendencies to initially overestimate of benefits and underestimate costs of food safety …

The article empirically examines the timing of initial decisions to adopt food safety systems and subsequent decisions …–benefit comparisons. Results highlight tendencies to initially overestimate of benefits and underestimate costs of food safety …