WTO Disputes

From a USTR press release: The Office of the United States Trade Representative announced today that the United States has requested North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) dispute settlement consultations with Mexico regarding Mexico's failure to move its "dolphin safe" labeling dispute from the World Trade

... is here.  It doesn't do much except identify the measure and the legal provisions.  The provisions at issue are:  TBT Agreement Articles 2.1 and 2.2; GATT Articles I:1, III:4 and XI:1; and Agriculture Agreement Article 4.2.  For DSC subscribers, we have some

Not too many years ago, it was a bit unclear whether a respondent in a WTO dispute could go to DSU Article 21.5 and ask a panel to declare that it was in compliance, so as to put an end to the trade sanctions it was facing.  However, the

The Article 22.6 Arbitration decision in the U.S. - Cotton case was issued today.  Or rather, the decisions, plural.  There is one decision related to actionable subsidies and one decision related to prohibited subsidies. So what do they say?  Well, I'm still trying to finish up

A lot of people have been wondering how China will implement adverse WTO rulings.  Well, here's an indication from the China - Auto Parts (DS339,340,342) dispute: China is expected to next week scrap higher tariffs on imported auto parts after World Trade Organization last year ruled

That was quick.  From Reuters: "We think it was improper for the WTO not to reject the U.S. request," the spokesman, Yao Jian, told a news conference in Beijing. "Based on the WTO schedule, we are preparing the documents necessary to lodge an appeal."Here&

Here are the 11 most recent WTO consultations requests: Dispute Name DS Number Complainant(s) Respondent Request Date European Communities - Definitive Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Iron or Steel Fasteners from China 397 China European Communities Jul 31, 2009 Philippines - Taxes on Distilled Spirits 396 European Communities Philippines Jul

I was recently talking to someone writing a paper about the costs of litigating WTO disputes, so I found the following quite interesting.  Commenting on the Seal Products dispute, a lawyer who would probably know these things suggests the following in relation to that case: A WTO challenge would likely