underestimates the extent of trade conflict resolution within the WTO. Both the SPS and TBT Committees address a significant number … of ‘specific trade concerns' (STCs) that in the overwhelming majority of cases do not become formal disputes. The STCs … agreements. It appears as if Committee work on STCs significantly helps defuse potential trade frictions concerning national …

the determinants of developing country participation in the DS system, using bilateral industry-level trade data, and a …

The primary objective of most trade agreements is to restrain members' use of trade policies for protectionist purposes … trade. It requires that imported products be treated as favorably by domestic policy as similar, indigenous products. This …

international trade economists bring to the study of trade agreements. It focuses on the main approach in the literature, which sees … trade policies. The study argues that this approach may help explain salient features of trade agreements in general, and of … the GATT in particular, such as their reciprocal nature, the need for trade agreements to be self-enforcing, and the …

The Dispute Settlement (DS) system is a central feature of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement. This …

This paper examines the role of the burden of proof (BoP) in National Treatment (NT) disputes under trade agreements …