The Dispute Settlement (DS) system is a central feature of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement. This … compulsory and binding two-level mechanism for the adjudication of disputes between WTO Members is the most active among … WTO Dispute Settlement Data Set. The data set covers all 426 WTO disputes initiated through the official filing of a …

Since the conclusion of the Uruguay Round in 1994 and the creation of the WTO in 1995, the functioning of the … few important initiatives on transparency and decision-making, most contributions on the functioning of the WTO have been … made by external observers of the WTO. However, over the past two years, an increasing number of Members have showed …

The paper offers a novel explanation for China’s manufacturing exports performance after WTO entry. Building on … conjunction with China’s WTO accession, and examines its effect on China’s exports to the EU. The results reveal that: (i) the …

started with the reforms of Deng Xiaoping in the 1970s. However, China's participation in the WTO has been anything but smooth … other is to stay idle and accept that the WTO must accommodate different economic regimes, no matter how idiosyncratic. In … that, while in the past the GATT/WTO had to address the accession of socialist countries or of big trading nations, it …

The WTO has not been able to recover since the collapse of the Doha Round in July 2008. Several ministerial conferences … to reform the WTO in 2018 and 2019. This book argues that the Trump Administration reform proposals have been much more … the proposals and called for the WTO to be development-oriented and inclusive. This book provides a critical analysis of …