which has permeated WTO scholarship for the last 10 years. Our main criticism concerns the substance of the entire debate … subsequent issues of WTO enforcement and the interpretation of the wording of the dispute settlement understanding. They thereby … along the lines of the nature of the WTO contract. This results in to three key findings: First, none of the two schools of …

"trade wars" and crucially impair the credibility of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism. In this paper, we suggest that … such conclusions are unwarranted. Violation of WTO agreements and non-compliance with Dispute Settlement Body rulings …

taking place since 1997 ("DSU review"), however, without yielding any result so far. In the meantime, WTO Members and … shortcomings of the DSU text, the more profound imbalance between relatively efficient judicial decision-making in the WTO (as … of India in WTO dispute settlement, her use of the system and her participation in the DSU review negotiations. JEL …

which has permeated WTO scholarship for the last 10 years. At face value, this controversy circles around object and purpose … of WTO enforcement and the legal nature of dispute panels’ recommendations: Compliance advocates maintain that the … objective of WTO enforcement is to induce compliance with DSB panel/AB rulings, and to deter future violations of the Agreement …

, WTO Members and adjudicating bodies managed to develop the system further through evolving practice. While this approach … decisionmaking in the WTO (as incorporated in the DSU) and nearly blocked political decisionmaking evolves into a serious challenge … WTO-Abkommens in Kraft. In den ersten zehn Jahren seines Bestehens fand das DSU auf 324 Klagebegehren Anwendung – mehr …

-enforcing policy coordination implied by theoretical models, and then examines the empirical studies on trade disputes of the GATT/WTO. …

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 …