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 …

light of the general explosion of literature on the World Trade Organization (WTO), including on its dispute settlement … become the subject of countless contributions, the efforts of the entire WTO community to make the DSU evolve further have … and where the intergovernmental, memberdriven character of the WTO is largely overlooked. Practically, such a distorted …

with their WTO obligations may well arise in implementing the Kyoto Protocol, given that Article 2 of the Protocol gives … respect to the WTO consistency and the conditions under which border taxes can be adjusted to accommodate a loss of … polices and WTO rules. It highlights their potential conflicts, and argues that such conflicts can be avoided or at least …

least developed countries (LDCs). Since the inception of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations in 2001, the WTO and …. However, this is inadequate; for the proposed ‘DDA-MDGs hybrid’, a super AfT is needed. The WTO, other development … collected in other LDCs, and the findings and leanings will be fed back to the WTO negotiation space. …

The China - Raw Materials dispute recently arbitrated by the WTO opposed China as defendant to the US and the EU as …

The broadened scope of the GATT/WTO through successive rounds of trade liberalization is explained as a result of trade …

features of the WTO that are generally lacking in preferential trade agreements such as improved transparency, dispute … preferential trading areas as opposed to the WTO. …

World Trade Organization (WTO). However, many are still individually small and thus have a limited ability to bilaterally … trade retaliation---such as the WTO---but not under agreements extended to include certain financial instruments. In …

This paper explains the occurrence of export subsidy competition and a series of accusations by the exporters that … follows it, and also examines the welfare implications of the WTO agreement that prohibits export subsidies for the countries …