As part of the renegotiation of its Free Trade Agreement with the United States, South Korea has agreed to cut by 30% it steel exports to the US. In NAFTA negotiations, it is reported that Mexico has also agreed to a quota on auto exports, after which Mexican autos would be subject to...

The past four years have shown that, in contrast to previous assessments that saw the WTO dispute settlement organs as exercising irresistible authority over the WTO Agreements, a WTO Member can single-handedly derail the functioning of the WTO by obstructing appointments to the Appellate Body....

This paper discusses the ways in which WTO law regulates (and doesn't regulate) agreements between WTO Members that permit the parties to the agreement to adopt WTO-inconsistent measures (‘WTO-minus'). As part of the Uruguay Round Agreements, Members have agreed to prohibit bilateral...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) system of ‘prospective' or ‘forward-looking' remedies is often contrasted negatively with the ‘retrospective' remedy of reparation traditionally granted by international courts. In this article, I argue that prospective remedies must be assessed having in...

The Appellate Body has asserted extensive authority over the rules governing global trade relations, proclaiming its ultimate authority to determine the prevailing interpretation of the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) as well as to control the extent to which extra-WTO norms can...