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Reforming Fairness: The Need For Legal Pragmatism In The Wto Dispute Settlement Process, Webb Mcarthur Jan 2010

Reforming Fairness: The Need For Legal Pragmatism In The Wto Dispute Settlement Process, Webb Mcarthur

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

The World Trade Organization (“WTO”) dispute settlement system is intended to be the central pillar of the international trade system by which trade disputes involving WTO member states are adjudicated, whether regarding trade in goods, services, or in intellectual property rights. However, an innocuous statement such as this, when closely considered, indicates potential problems for the system. The WTO is an international treaty-based organization, established in 1994 by 123 countries in Marrakesh, Morocco. In addition to settling disputes in international trade, the WTO is also a negotiating forum and a set of rules. The organization is more than a “table” …


Stretching The Dispute Settlement Understanding: U.S.—Cotton’S Relaxed Interpretation Of Cross-Retaliation In The World Trade Organization, David J. Townsend Jan 2010

Stretching The Dispute Settlement Understanding: U.S.—Cotton’S Relaxed Interpretation Of Cross-Retaliation In The World Trade Organization, David J. Townsend

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

In August 2009, the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) au-thorized Brazil to impose sanctions against the United States for its continued subsidization of cotton producers in violation of the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (“SCM Agreement”) and the Agreement on Agriculture. The WTO approved Brazil’s use of sanctions outside the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (“GATT”), authorizing cross-retaliation against rights owed to the United States under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (“TRIPS”). This is the third case of cross- retaliation authorized by a WTO arbitrator under the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the …


Burden Of Proof And The Prima Facie Case: The Evolving History And Its Applications In The Wto Jurisprudence, Ho Cheol Kim Jan 2007

Burden Of Proof And The Prima Facie Case: The Evolving History And Its Applications In The Wto Jurisprudence, Ho Cheol Kim

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

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