favoured nation (MFN) clause - as developed under the GATT and GATS - and the non-discrimination clause among countries …

Organization (WTO) and from the topics established therein which the WTO has not regulated so far. …

these rules to those provided for by the World Trade Organization (WTO) …

This paper illustrates how the work of the WTO's standing committees is fuelling regulatory cooperation between WTO … members, and inspiring RTA negotiators. We explore, as a case study, how the WTO TBT Committee has shaped provisions on … international standards in RTAs, and focus on the extent to which RTAs have assimilated the WTO TBT principles for development of …

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 …

overlap with obligations assumed by WTO Members under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). About 60 per cent of … potential counterparts under the GATS. At the same time, since most WTO Members have not listed relevant exemptions from the … provisions, this article discusses options on how WTO Members could proceed. -- Trade in services ; GATS ; investment treaties …

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 …