This paper addresses how Brazil's use of the WTO dispute settlement vis-à-vis the EU has an impact on trade relations between both parties. After describing their economic relationship, it is demonstrated that Brazil and the EU are not only successful and avid users of the dispute settlement...

At the multilateral level, the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) regulates trade in services. Considered a framework agreement, GATS contains a built-in negotiation mandate to further develop disciplines on services trade. These negotiations have, in the context of the Doha Round,...

The Timber Regulation is the EU’s latest addition to its regulatory framework on forestry governance. This paper begins with an overview of the substantive provisions of the Regulation and then briefly addresses two comparable initiatives: the American Lacey Act and the Australian Illegal...