PPT-The WTO Dispute Settlement System after MC13 and the Future of International Trade

Zhao Hong PhD Professor Law School Peking University . 21 and 212 Doha Ministerial Decision on ImplementationRelated Issues and Concerns para 52 DSU Art5750411 Establishment of Panel 20 July 2010 Circulation of Panel Report 2 September 2011 Respondent United States Circulation of AB Report 4 April 2012 ŠEKŠTELO, . FCIArb. . 15 May 2014, Kaliningrad. Jurisdictional Overlap in WTO Dispute Settlement and Investment Arbitration. Content of this presentation. Imaginary case example. Why relevant?. Threats of “fragmentation”. . Policy. Oldřich Dědek. Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University. 2. S. hares in world merchandise trade. Source. : World trade organization. , . International trade statistics. 2012.. .  INTA79_4_05_Alter7/2/03, 11:27783 WTO trade rules. Ironically, the greater ability to enforce WTO rules has INTA79_4_05_Alter7/2/03, 11:27784 upholds US section 301 trade authority as GATT-con What can the G20 do?. Mark Thirlwell. Director, International Economy Program. Two key trade commitments. Standstill on protectionism. Complete the Doha Round. The standstill. “We underscore the critical importance of rejecting protectionism and not turning inward in times of financial uncertainty. In this regard, within the next 12 months, we will refrain from raising new barriers to investment or to trade in goods and services, imposing new export restrictions, or implementing World Trade Organization (WTO) inconsistent measures to simulate exports.”. Timothy F Christian, MD,MPA. Established from GATT in 1994 . With the recent addition of Russia, almost all countries now belong to the WTO. Ministerial Conferences every two . years.. General Councils. Anderton. : Ch. 65/66 (Common markets, Monetary Unions; WTO). Getting started guide, Edexcel. Link – p69. http://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A%20Level/economics-a/2015/teaching-materials/Getting_Started_Guide_new.pdf. Trade Regimes. Before 1947, there was little in the way of a framework for organizing trade.. Any agreements on trade were generally bilateral (between two countries). . Sometimes wars were fought over trade and related issues (the 1812 war between the US and Great Britain being one), as were the “Opium Wars” between Great Britain and China in the mid 19. . . The general agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT), the predecessor of WTO, was born in 1948 as result of the international desire to liberalise the trade.. The growing acceptance of GATT ,despite its shortcomings, is evinced by the increase in the number of the signatories. When the GATT was signed in 1947 , only 23 nations were party to it .It increased to 99 by the time of the seventh round and 117 countries participated in the next, i.e., the Uruguay round . In April 2008, there were 151 members with several more countries formally seeking accession to the WTO. The signatory countries account for 90 per cent of the international trade indicating the potential of the WTO in bringing about an orderly development of the international trade.. At the Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha Qatar in November 2001 WTOTrade Negotiations CommitteeImplementation is short-hand for developing countries problems in implement-More than 40 items under scarcity are able to meet their needs by importing from countries where these goods and services continue to be available e scienti c review of climate change is followed by an analysis of the betwee created in 1947. with its headquarter in Geneva. Its motive was to . promote free trade through multilateral trade negotiations.. Three important principles. were:. Non-discrimination:. It meant Most-. March 28 2017. outline. Globalization and decarbonization. The challenge: political economy of renewable energy. Overview of free trade . rules. Trade disputes on clean energy. “Race to the bottom”. Matthias Goldmann. Chair. of International Law, EBS Law School. Open Strategic . Autonomy. 28.03.2024. Goldmann – WTO MC 13. 2. Trade . policy. . since. 2021. Open? . Strategic? . Autonomy. ?. EU @ WTO MC 13.