Dispute Settlement under the World Trade Organization: Implications for Developing Countries

Developing Countries and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement

It has long been observed that developing countries made scant use of dispute settlement under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Less clear are the reasons for this. Most observers insist that the various GATT reforms that were intended to help developing countries failed to insulate them from the “power politics” of the system (Kuruvila, 1997). Not surprisingly, many of these ...

Trade brief on . . . The WTO Dispute Settlement

Trade Dispute Settlement Mechanisms: the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding in the Wake of the GATT

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Member Participation in the Wto Dispute Settlement System: Can Developing Countries Afford Not to Participate?

Reflections on the progress of the WTO over the last two decades highlights low developing country participation in its dispute settlement system as a fundamental failing of the multinational trading system. Recurrently, this low participation rate has been attributed to the cost of the WTO’s legalistic model in Panel and Appellate Body proceedings, creating a concern of bias. Yet, by focussing...

Dispute Settlement at the Wto: the Developing Country experience

The World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement mechanism can be critical for developing countries seeking to defend their trade rights and development interests. The system has been essential for challenging harmful subsidy programs, eliminating unfair anti-dumping duties and ensuring that least developed countries (LDC) can pursue strategies to diversify trade in order to create new emp...