unwilling to bring a WTO-inconsistent trade measure into conformity. Apart from the fact that the procedure for triggering the … trade retaliation that WTO may permit under certain conditions. Both efficiency and equity concerns are raised. The Paper … concludes with some suggestions for reforming this part of WTO dispute resolution during the review of the Dispute Settlement …

theory guides our empirical assessment. We use instrumental variables to estimate the model on trade volume outcomes from WTO …

by Fedon (an Italian producer of eye glass cases) from the EU for the imposition of WTO-authorized retaliatory trade … barriers by the United States following the failure by the EU to comply with an adverse ruling by the WTO regarding its import … WTO-illegal protection, at the expense of a set of EU exporters, including Fedon, that were hit by US countermeasures. By …

countries fight about under WTO dispute settlement. It characterizes the scope of products, as well as the levels of and changes … to the trade values, market shares, volumes, and prices for those goods that eventually become subject to WTO litigation … products that ultimately become subject to dispute. Furthermore, while the respondent’s imposition of an allegedly WTO …

Poor countries are rarely challenged in formal WTO trade disputes for failing to live up to commitments, reducing the …. Given the weak incentives to enforce WTO rules and disciplines against small and poor members, bolstering the transparency … function of the WTO is important to make trade agreements more relevant to trade constituencies in developing countries. While …

This paper challenges the contention that WTO rules had much impact on state behaviour during the recent global … crisis, as well as on certain, often overlooked features of WTO obligations are used to support a conclusion that the WTO … rules altered at most the composition of crisis-era protectionism. As to the quantum of protectionism, it is unclear how WTO …

We use 6-digit bilateral trade data to document the effect of WTO/GATT membership on the extensive and intensive … equations are motivated by the model of Eaton and Kortum (2002). The data show that the puzzle of no significant impact of WTO … impact of the WTO is almost exclusively on the extensive product margin of trade, i.e. trade in goods that were not …

of the Doha Round interact with domestic political factors in leading WTO members, the fast growth of exports prior to …. Recent emphasis on differences between developing countries and on Chinese WTO accession as independent causes of the impasse …

system have increased. Several trends are taking public policies further away from the core WTO disciplines of non … stalled Doha Round negotiation where differentiation among WTO members has become a key source of discord. We identify and … advocates of the developing country position at the WTO. Third, in view of the deadlock at the WTO, the US and EU, and other …