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...