literature to date and drawn very little attention in relevant WTO fora either. Nevertheless, 'minus commitments' are potentially … are disconnected from the WTO and virtually impossible to multilateralize. Based on a review of some 80,000 commitments in … their dosage in terms of sectors, measures and modes of supply. It also discusses potential remedies from a WTO perspective …

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 …

the WTO rules that deal with RTAs (GATT Article XXIV, the Enabling Clause, and GATS Article V), the main trends identified …With the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, the pyramidal design of the international trading … economic policies of WTO Member States at the bottom of the pyramid. This article questions whether this vertical structure is …

In the context of a current global economic crisis and an unfinished World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Round … impact on the international trading system, the debate about regionalism and multilateralism, and the policy of the WTO …