telecommunications industry. We analyse in particular the role of the WTO agreement in furthering liberalization around the world, and … NAFTA. The WTO agreement comes out of the analysis quite well. It is an important instrument of protecting and safeguarding … Telekommunikation. Speziell fragen wir nach dem Beitrag des WTO-Abkommens zur weltweiten Liberalisierung und nach dem Schutz, den es …

The current WTO jurisdiction on linkages of trade and environment is not free of contradictions and has provided for … heated debate due to some inconsistencies in past WTO rulings. The article argues that the WTO jurisdiction is not only … unclear but also lacks economic reasoning. It aims to structure WTO provisions and WTO case rulings so that their application …

This paper discusses allocation of burden of proof in environmental disputes in the WTO system. Besides laying down the … natural principles that (i) the complainant carries the burden to (ii) make a prima facie case that its claim holds, WTO …

The basic legal instrument in the WTO Agreement regulating domestic environmental policies is the GATT National … environment, in a situation where imports may cause environmental damage. The paper finds that there may be a tension between NT … and environmental concerns, but that this is not likely to arise in the context of severe threats to the environment. In …

Organization (WTO), and Appellate Body decisions. The authors argue that border measures both import restrictive measures and … challenged in the WTO. Given the prospect of foreseeable conflicts with WTO rules, the authors suggest that key WTO members … are imposed in a manner broadly consistent with core WTO principles even if a technical violation of WTO law could occur …

Organization (WTO), and Appellate Body decisions. The authors argue that border measures—both import restrictive measures and … challenged in the WTO. Given the prospect of foreseeable conflicts with WTO rules, the authors suggest that key WTO members … are imposed in a manner broadly consistent with core WTO principles even if a technical violation of WTO law could occur …

effects of these SPS measures. WTO Notifications under the SPS Agreement are utilized in this contribution for measuring trade … impacts of sanitary and phytosanitary trade barriers. We explain the WTO data base on SPS notifications. Then, a gravitation …

-adjudicative elements of dispute settlement mechanisms of Public International Law and World Trade Organization (WTO) Law were used as … conclusion, it was found that even though WTO Members incorporated adjudicative elements in the Dispute Settlement Understanding …

pose considerable challenges for the WTO and its Members. On the one hand, Members need to periodically update their … the definition and thus also the implementation of some WTO agreements where the product coverage is defined in terms of …. It then looks back at the history of the introduction of the HS and its subsequent amendments into the WTO schedules and …