The paper argues that focusing only on disputes formally raised in the WTO Dispute Settlement system underestimates the … extent of trade conflict resolution within the WTO. Both the SPS and TBT Committees address a significant number of ‘specific …

in WTO dispute settlement. Its distinguishing feature is that it seeks to address this relationship in light of the … between them. The basic conclusion is that legislators’ silence concerning this relationship should speak volumes to WTO … adjudicating bodies: MEAs should not be automatically understood as imposing legally binding obligations on WTO Members, but could …

This paper surveys the law and economics literature on WTO dispute settlement. As a background, we first briefly lay …

GATT, unbound by case-law interpretations of this provision. To make such proposals, we need to understand the role of the … role of NT in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) from the perspective of economic theory. Having established …, here we focus on the understanding of the key terms implementing the purpose of NT by GATT and World Trade Organization …

project aims to analyze the central instrument in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement for the regulation of trade in … goods – The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GATT). The present study is one of two background studies for this … project*. The first study, The Genesis of the GATT, appraises the rationale for the creation of the GATT, and tracks its …

The basic legal instrument in the WTO Agreement regulating domestic environmental policies is the GATT National …

The National Treatment clause (NT) is the first-line defense in the GATT (and in most other trade agreements) against … internal taxation under the GATT. It is shown that despite severely restricting the freedom to set internal taxes, NT may …

Almost all WTO dispute panels exceed their statutory time limits. This is often seen to indicate a more general problem …