This chapter examines the barriers posed for smaller and poorer World Trade Organization (WTO) members to challenge trade barriers under the WTO's dispute settlement understanding. It first addresses the implications of the judicialization of the WTO's dispute settlement system. It next examines...

Although developing countries vary significantly in terms of trading profiles, they generally face three primary challenges if they are to participate effectively in the WTO dispute settlement system. These challenges are: (i) a relative lack of legal expertise in WTO law; (ii) constrained...

This paper addresses the implications of the rise of China and other middle-income countries (MICs) for the international trading system. The paper assesses how MICs have engaged with the international trading system over time, what strategies they advance, and what are the implications for...

This essay examines the EC-Sardines case before the WTO dispute settlement system, in which a developing country, Peru, won a significant victory in WTO dispute settlement against the much more formidable legal services of the EC, in a case challenging an EC regulation that maintained that only...

This article is in four parts. Part I sets forth the competing (and sometimes conflicting) rationales for WTO trade-related capacity building and technical assistance efforts. These competing rationales have led to contention over how the funding is used. Part II addresses the political and...

This chapter examines the barriers posed for smaller and poorer World Trade Organization (WTO) members to challenge trade barriers under the WTO's dispute settlement understanding. It first addresses the implications of the judicialization of the WTO's dispute settlement system. It next examines...