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A Bridge Too Far: The Fall Of The Fifth Wto Ministerial Conference In Cancún And The Future Of Trade Constitution, Sungjoon Cho
A Bridge Too Far: The Fall Of The Fifth Wto Ministerial Conference In Cancún And The Future Of Trade Constitution, Sungjoon Cho
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This article is intended to contribute to the process of diagnosis and prescription in response to the fiasco of the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancún, Mexico, in September 2003. The article sketches previous WTO Ministerial Conferences in an attempt to glimpse the root of the problems that eventually caused the collapse of the Cancún Conference. It then focuses on the main developments in Cancún and offers a 'post-mortem', not in an attempt to place blame but to better understand what went wrong. It observes that North-South tension is likely to continue for the time being while rich countries, especially …
The Nature Of Remedies In International Trade Law, Sungjoon Cho
The Nature Of Remedies In International Trade Law, Sungjoon Cho
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Overemphasizing the sanctions aspect of the WTO law, which is partly attributable to an effort to placate the U.S. Congress into the ratification of the Uruguay Round, tends to create a misguided, distorted image of the WTO, one close to a super body reigning and commandeering over its member countries, rather than one akin to a legal community. This paper questions the conventional belief regarding the efficacy of the WTO sanctions in light of remedies and attempts to reconceptualize the true nature of WTO remedies. Part I examines how the concept of remedies has evolved through the history of the …
The Wto’S Gemeinschaft, Sungjoon Cho
The Wto’S Gemeinschaft, Sungjoon Cho
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This Article focuses on the current development-related problems in the global trading system. A widening income gap and widespread poverty among trading nations denote the WTO’s Gesellschaftian nature—interest and power—resulting in structural distortion and manipulation. This Article maintains that the global trading system can achieve its development agenda and become fair and legitimate only through a critical paradigmatic transformation enabled by the configuration of the “WTO’s Gemeinschaft.” This Article observes that a fundamental legal precept, the “Law of Nations” (jus gentium), plays a critical role in actualizing this communitarian telos. Part II redefines the global trading system through the theoretical …