Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), adopted by WTO Members in 2014, seeks to expedite the movement, release and clearance of … World Trade Report. At the same time, many WTO Agreements already contain provisions aimed at facilitating trade procedures … WTO Agreements such as the SPS Agreement) will be crucial for effective implementation. It will also contribute to more …

) Secretariat (since 1995 the World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariat); from 1958 to 1989, 25 RTAs were founded, from 1990 to … 2005, 116 RTAs were founded. The WTO is forecasting about 400 active RTAs in 2010. The WTO has now launched a new database … received by the WTO following notification by a WTO member that an RTA has been established. …

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

In the first dispute on renewable energy to come to WTO dispute settlement, the domestic content requirement of Ontario …

of the World Trade Organization (WTO) also supports various measures to facilitate cross-border paperless trade including … multilateral level by circulating proposals at the WTO to create trade rules relevant to the digital age. Such initiatives will …

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994) generally prohibits the World Trade Organization (WTO … not regulated under the GATT 1994 though a few WTO members such as China commit to restricting the use of export duties in … their WTO accession protocols. Given the plethora of regional trade agreements (RTAs) and the slow progress of the WTO Doha …

environmental policies and the multilateral trading system. In particular, it analyses some of the difficulties the WTO Dispute … failures, be ruled consistent with multilateral trade law. This paper argues that WTO law in theory provides appropriate tools … interpretations of certain WTO rules in the context of environmental disputes. …

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 …