The existing literature on ASEAN’s trade disputes focuses on whether the organization will indeed develop into a rules-based association, or whether political methods will continue to be used in preference to legal principle. The conclusion, generally from outside observers, is that if ASEAN...

This article examines the impact of legal culture on Vietnam's engagement with the WTO, and its engagement in trade disputes in particular. It provides case studies of several Vietnamese trade disputes as a means of examining this theme - including the Vietnamese catfish case, involving the US...