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Alexandra R. Harrington

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2008

Dispute Resolution

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Peer Pressure: Correlations Between Membership In Regional And Regional Economic Organizations And Wto Dispute Resolution Claims And Their Implications, Alexandra R. Harrington Jan 2008

Peer Pressure: Correlations Between Membership In Regional And Regional Economic Organizations And Wto Dispute Resolution Claims And Their Implications, Alexandra R. Harrington

Alexandra R. Harrington

Abstract: Peer Pressure: Correlations Between Membership in Regional and Regional Economic Organizations and WTO Dispute Resolution Claims and Their Implications. Alexandra R. Harrington, Esq. Peer pressure is a well-known phenomenon, believed responsible for everything from teenage experimentation and angst to the cliff-diving habits of lemmings. But peer pressure is less commonly thought of as a motivation for a state to act – or fail to act – in the international trade arena. The goal of this article is to explore the relationship between a state’s membership in a variety of regional and regional economic organizations and its history of bringing …