) in NT disputes. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of this burden for trade liberalization and for the …

This paper examines the role of the burden of proof (BoP) in National Treatment (NT) disputes under trade agreements …. -- National treatment ; burden of proof ; environment ; GATT ; WTO ; trade agreements …

international trade economists bring to the study of trade agreements. It focuses on the main approach in the literature, which sees … trade policies. The study argues that this approach may help explain salient features of trade agreements in general, and of … the GATT in particular, such as their reciprocal nature, the need for trade agreements to be self-enforcing, and the …