The standard of review strikes back: The US-Korea DRAMS Appeal

Journal of International Economic Law

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 207-217

  Becroft, Ross ^a  

^a Louis Gross and Associates   (Australia)

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EID: 33645274952     PISSN: 13693034     EISSN: 14643758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jiel/jgi056     Document Type: Review

References (44)

1. WT/DS296/AB/R, adopted 20 July 2005.
2. For an introductory article to these issues, see S. Croley and J. Jackson, 'WTO Dispute Procedures, Standard of Review and Deference to National Governments', 90 (2) AJIL 193 (1996).
3. The exception to this is the standard prescribed in Article 17.6 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement.
4. For general discussion of these concepts, see M. Oesch, Standards of Review in WTO Dispute Resolution, (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2003) 105.
5. WT/DS26/AB/R, WT/DS48/AB/R, adopted 13 February 1998.
6. Above n 5, at para 133.
7. Another decision where the same line of reasoning as in EC Hormones was utilized was European Communities - Measures Affecting the Importation of Certain Poultry Products (EC Poultry), WT/DS69/AB/R, adopted 23 July 1998.
8. Above n 5, para 133.
9. Argentina - Safeguard Measures on Imports of Footwear, WT/DS121/AB/R, adopted 12 January 2000, para 121.
10. United States - Safeguard Measures on Imports of Fresh, Chilled or Frozen Lamb Meat from New Zealand and Australia, WT/DS177/AB/R and WT/DS178/AB/R, adopted 16 May 2001;
11. United States - Transitional Safeguard Measure on Combed Cotton Yarn from Pakistan, WT/DS192/AB/R, adopted 5 November 2001.
12. Above n 10, para 105.
13. Above n 10, para 106.
14. Above n 10, para 107.
15. See above, n 10 para 74 and United States - Definitive Safeguard Measures on Imports of Wheat Gluten from the European Communities, WT/DS 166/AB/R, adopted 19 January 2001.
16. Matthias Oesch, 'Standards of Review in WTO Dispute Resolution', 6 (3) Journal of International Economic Law 635 (2003), at 650;
17. Holger Spamann, 'Standard of Review for World Trade Organization Panels in Trade Remedy Cases: A Critical Analysis', 38 (3) Journal of World Trade 509 (2004), at 540.
18. The three cases are United States - Wheat Gluten, United States - Lamb, and United States - Cotton Yarn.
19. Above n 1, para 3. Samsung was also investigated, but no countervailing duties were imposed.
20. Notification of an Appeal by the United States, WT/DS296/5, dated 1 April 2005.
21. Above n 1, paras 144-58 and 188.
22. Above n 1, para 141.
23. Above n 1, paras 159-65 and 189.
24. Above n 1, para 164.
25. Above n 1, paras 166-79 and 189.
26. Above n 1, para 190.
27. Above n 1, para 209Cb)(iii).
28. C. D. Ehlermann and N. Lockhart, 'Standard of Review in WTO Law', 7 (3) Journal of International Economic Law 491 (2004).
29. Above n 1, para 184.
30. Articles 12, 19, and 22 referred to in paras 184 and 185 of the Appellate Body Report.
31. Above n 1, para 186.
32. Above n 1, para 185.
33. United States - Cotton Yarn, while being a case under the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, specifically related to the safeguard provisions in that agreement.
34. Above n 1, para 184.
35. See Spamann article, above n 15, at 514.
36. Above n 1, para 188.
37. Above n 1, para 186.
38. Above n 1, para 187.
39. Above n 1, para 186.
40. Ibid.
41. See Spamann Article, above n 15, at 541.
42. Korea - Definitive Safeguard Measure on Imports of Certain Dairy Products, WT/DS98/AB/R, adopted 12 January 2000, para 137. See also Oesch article, above n 15, at 651.
43. Above n 1, paras 189 and 190.
44. See EC Hormones, above n 5, para 133.