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The Time WTO Panels Require to Issue Reports

Horn, Henrik - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013

Almost all WTO dispute panels exceed their statutory time limits. This is often seen to indicate a more general problem for panels to manage their tasks. The time required varies considerably across panels however, suggesting that they do not face the same problems. To shed light on these...

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In the Shadow of the DSU: Addressing Specific Trade Concerns in the WTO SPS and TBT Committees

Horn, Henrik; Mavroides, Petros C.; Wijkström, Erik N. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013

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 address … appears as if Committee work on STCs significantly helps defuse potential trade frictions concerning national policies in the …

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Multilateral Environmental Agreements in the WTO: Silence Speaks Volumes

Horn, Henrik; Mavroides, Petros C. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013

This study contributes to the debate concerning the appropriate role of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) in in WTO dispute settlement. Its distinguishing feature is that it seeks to address this relationship in light of the reason why the parties have chosen to separate their...

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The Legal and Economic Principles of World Trade Law: National Treatment

Grossman, Gene M.; Horn, Henrik; Mavroidis, Petros C. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

role of NT in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) from the perspective of economic theory. Having established …, here we focus on the understanding of the key terms implementing the purpose of NT by GATT and World Trade Organization …

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Why the WTO? An Introduction to the Economics of Trade Agreements

Grossman, Gene M.; Horn, Henrik - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

This study is part of The American Law Institute (ALI) project Legal and Economic Principles of World Trade Law. The … project aims to analyze the central instrument in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement for the regulation of trade in … goods – The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GATT). The present study is one of two background studies for this …

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A Survey of the Literature on the WTO Dispute Settlement System

Horn, Henrik; Mavroidis, Petros C. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006

This paper surveys the law and economics literature on WTO dispute settlement. As a background, we first briefly lay out main features of the legal framework, and discuss possible roles of a dispute settlement mechanism. We then discuss the two main themes in the empirical literature on dispute...

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The Permissible Reach of National Environmental Policies

Horn, Henrik; Mavroidis, Petros C. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

Trading nations exchange tariff concessions in the context of trade liberalizing rounds. Tariffs, nonetheless, are not … international community. In this paper, we focus on the interaction between trade and environment. The purpose of this study is to …

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