An Empirical Analysis of Wealth Disparities in Wto Disputes: Do Poorer Countries Suffer from Strategic Delay during Dispute Litigation?

A long-standing debate questions whether the World Trade Organization’s (“WTO”) formal dispute settlement procedures level the playing field for lower income countries in international trade disputes, or instead, merely give opportunistic and sophisticated countries complex * Trade Counsel, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives; J.D., Harvard Law School, 2007; M.P.P., George Washington University, 2004; B.B.A., George Washington University, 2004. The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Committee on Ways and Means or any of its members. ** Associate, Sidley Austin LLP; J.D., Harvard Law School, 2007; B.A., Harvard College, 2001.