Trade facilitation is one of the key trends in the international trading system development. Respective World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement – Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) is one of really few tangible achievements during Doha round of…
African countries offer many investment opportunities and also urgently need global investment finance. Along the value chains of the agro-industrial sector there are many global challenges for African countries to attract foreign direct investment…
In recent years, African countries have been giving greater priority to building their industrial capacity, placing particular emphasis on manufacturing in order to reduce their dependency on commodity trade. However, most African countries face…
The law of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is not autonomous. It shapes and is shaped. It affects not only countries’ trade and tariff policies, but also shapes their laws, regulations and institutions. In particular, it creates new…
World Trade Organisation Dispute Settlement Understanding (WTO DSU) is a two-tier mechanism. The first tier is international adjudication and the second tier is domestic handling of trade disputes. Both tiers are interdependent and interconnected. A…
Multiple scholarly works have argued that developing country Members of World Trade Organization (WTO) should enhance their dispute settlement capacity to successfully and cost effectively navigate the system of WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding…
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Abstract: Mexico has employed…
Note: All views or omissions are author's own. This paper is solely for academic exchange purposes, and it does not reflect or suggest WTO's view on this or any other matter at all.
Abstract: The World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute…
This study provides one of the most practically-informed and empirically grounded analysis of how India has strengthened its dispute settlement participation in trade law through capacity building with the help of cost-effective strategies employed…
Captain America and the Tarnishing of the Crown: The Feud between the WTO Appellate Body and the USA
The Appellate Body is considered the jewel in the crown of the WTO dispute settlement system. However, the United States has become increasingly assertive in its efforts to control judicial activism at the WTO. This article examines judicial…