WTO Disputes

Over at Trade Diversion, Jonathan Dingel provides an excellent description of the information technology dispute, and then calls on us for guidance: How will the WTO dispute panel evaluate the difference between a LCD monitor and a flat panel TV? Will the panel have to think hard about the meaning

We can add Australia and New Zealand to the club of Members requesting open panel hearings in their disputes: At the request of the parties in the dispute “Australia — Measures Affecting the Importation of Apples from New Zealand (WT/DS367)”, the dispute panel has agreed to open its first substantive

Brazil decided to sue the U.S. in the WTO for the latter’s alleged illegal farm subsidies as well as import tariffs on the Brazilian ethanol (54 cents per gallon). See Financial Times, Aug 3, 2008, Brazil to dispute US subsidies.

At long last, the panel report in China – Auto Parts has come out. Regarding my previous posting on this dispute, click here . For two "preview" postings by Simon, click here and here . For another posting on the interim report by Henry, click here . Unsurprisingly (yet still frustratingly) it

From a new House bill introduced by Congressmen Rangel and Levin (full text here): SEC. 205. ROLE OF WTO APPELLATE BODY RULINGS IN THE WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT SYSTEM. (a) Findings- Congress finds the following: (1) The United States and other members of the World Trade Organization made clear when they

In a recent policy report, the Democratic Leadership Committee proposes the following for U.S. trade policy: 3. Revive Trade Enforcement. Many of America’s major trade interests, finally, are already covered by WTO agreements. These include intellectual property rights, subsidies, market access for manufactured goods, and fair treatment for

The Appellate Body has just issued instructions for registering for the Hormones Sanctions hearings on July 28-29: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/public_hearing_july08_e.htm If there are any students (or others) in the Geneva area who want to attend and have a report

In a big victory for transparency, the Appellate Body has decided, in response to the parties' requests, to open its oral hearing in the Hormones Sanctions cases (DS320 and DS321) to public observation.  Here's the EU press release: EU welcomes first opening of WTO Appellate Body hearing

Last week, I did a short post summarizing the soon-to-be-circulated WTO panel report in China - Auto parts.  I focused on the complainants' claims, based on a quick read of the EC/U.S. first submissions.  Then an anonymous commenter pointed out that China raised an Article XX(d)

That's what the Economist says.  Does that sound right?  I've never tried to count, although people have suggested the idea to me before.  I probably should, I just can't face the prospect of opening each report and checking page counts.  And dealing with methodological