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How Well Does The Wto Settle Disputes?, Susan Esserman, Robert L. Howse
How Well Does The Wto Settle Disputes?, Susan Esserman, Robert L. Howse
Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)
Last fall, a judicial panel of the WorldTrade Organization (WTO) issued a controversial ruling in a high-stakes corporate tax dispute between the United States and the European Union. Paying scant attention to the complexities of the case, the panel authorized Brussels to implement retaliatory sanction of $4 billion - an unprecedented sum - against Washington. Notably, around the same time the United States and its European allies were also making headlines with another fierce legal battle: over the authority of the International Criminal Court to prosecute American soldiers for alleged misdeeds committed abroad.