This Discussion Paper identifies the rules on environment protection provided for in the Comprehensive and Progressive … rules on environment protection available in the agreements signed by Southern Common Market (Mercosur) internally and with … its external partners, as well as relating these rules to those provided for by the World Trade Organization (WTO). …

The paper argues that focusing only on disputes formally raised in the WTO Dispute Settlement system underestimates the … extent of trade conflict resolution within the WTO. Both the SPS and TBT Committees address a significant number of 'specific … covered areas. -- WTO ; specific trade concerns ; SPS and TBT Committees ; dispute settlement …

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 …

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 …

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 …

transition to the WTO. In particular, I examine the WTO Agreement on Safeguards that has replaced the GATT escape clause (Article … XIX), and the Dispute Settlement Process (DSP) that resembles a court of law under the WTO. Using this framework, I … that trade agreements under the WTO lead to fewer trade skirmishes but this effect does not necessarily result in higher …