-enforcing policy coordination implied by theoretical models, and then examines the empirical studies on trade disputes of the GATT/WTO. …

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 … covered areas. -- WTO ; specific trade concerns ; SPS and TBT Committees ; dispute settlement …

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 …

the blockage of access to websites. This paper suggests that many WTO member states are legally obliged to permit an … WTO. But the exceptions do not offer a blanket cover for the arbitrary and disproportionate censorship that still occurs …

Organization (WTO) as a way to resolve trade conflicts. I investigate whether the DSM can be improved by introducing a permanent …

This paper aims at making a preliminary assessment of China in the WTO dispute settlement system from an international … socialization perspective. When China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in November 2001, it was not clear how China would … behave in WTO dispute settlement. At first, China proved to be a conciliatory defendant and reluctant complainant. Recently …

design and functioning of these dispute settlement mechanisms (DSMs) and, more specifically, how they differ from the WTO … of jurisdictional conflict between DSMs of RTAs and the WTO dispute settlement system. Literature mapping out and … WTO and were in force at the end of 2012, and consider a typology of these DSMs based on their nature and design. We also …

Using bilateral trade data on WTO disputes from 1995 to 2010 within the framework of multilateral trade, this paper … empirically investigates whether legally winning a WTO dispute leads to actual trade gains. This study helps to illuminate the … efficacy of the WTO dispute settlement system and to understand the role of the system as an institutional device for promoting …

transition to the WTO. In particular, I examine the WTO Agreement on Safeguards that has replaced the GATT escape clause (Article … XIX), and the Dispute Settlement Process (DSP) that resembles a court of law under the WTO. Using this framework, I … that trade agreements under the WTO lead to fewer trade skirmishes but this effect does not necessarily result in higher …