Independence Under Fire: Extra-legal Pressures and Coalition Building in WTO Dispute Settlement

The Evolution of GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement

Despite debuting to little fanfare under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), dispute settlement under the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been called the “backbone of the multilateral trading system.” Indeed, whereas GATT dispute settlement could scarcely have seemed more flawed, the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) is widely touted for boosting confidence in an in...

The Politics of Wto Dispute Settlement

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Trade brief on . . . The WTO Dispute Settlement

Trade Dispute Settlement Mechanisms: the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding in the Wake of the GATT

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Reforming Fairness: The Need for Legal Pragmatism in the WTO Dispute Settlement Process