design and functioning of these dispute settlement mechanisms (DSMs) and, more specifically, how they differ from the WTO … of jurisdictional conflict between DSMs of RTAs and the WTO dispute settlement system. Literature mapping out and … jurisdictional conflict between the multilateral and regional regimes. We map out the DSMs in RTAs that have been notified to the WTO …

overlap with obligations assumed by WTO Members under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). About 60 per cent of … potential counterparts under the GATS. At the same time, since most WTO Members have not listed relevant exemptions from the … provisions, this article discusses options on how WTO Members could proceed. …

environmental policies and the multilateral trading system. In particular, it analyses some of the difficulties the WTO Dispute … failures, be ruled consistent with multilateral trade law. This paper argues that WTO law in theory provides appropriate tools … interpretations of certain WTO rules in the context of environmental disputes. …

versus export promotion and use the Bagwell and Staiger interpretation of the WTO principle of reciprocity to provide a … political-legal-economic decision on a WTO-consistent counterfactual to use to implement the formula, and iii) the quantitative … methods they use to necessarily construct the (unobserved) WTO-consistent counterfactual. We examine not only the arbitrations …

investigations by reviewing the literature, the applicable WTO rules and, in particular, the pertinent case law. The potential value …

under the GATS are vague concerning the criteria which should be used to establish likeness. Discussions among WTO Members … determination of likeness under the GATS gives rise to a wider range of questions – and uncertainties – than under the GATT. The … determining likeness. It also examines whether the criteria developed by GATT case-law (physical properties, classification, end …

regional trade agreements (RTAs) that had been notified to the WTO by November 2010. IP provisions in RTAs have been the … commonly studied RTAs, to make an initial review of the full array of RTAs notified to the WTO, and in that way to lay the … trend is the acceleration in the conclusion of RTAs with IP provisions after the creation of the WTO and the entry into …

concessions given and received by 36 WTO Members in 40 services PTAs. Results reveal the presence of reciprocity at the product …