WTO constitutional problems: dispute settlement and decision making

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

assistance and Eric Reinhardt for access to a database of GATT and WTO disputes.

Trade brief on . . . The WTO Dispute Settlement

Making the right decisions? - A Game Theoretical Analyse of the decision-making in the WTO Dispute Settlement

This theory testing study investigates the decision-making of the member states in the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO, using a game theoretical approach. Game theory has its origins in political philosophy and can thus be valuable when analysing the behaviour of states in international regimes. Through using the specific game theory model Stag Hunt, this study aims to examine if such a mode...

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

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