Dispute Settlement Mechanism-Analysis And Problems

The Oxford Handbook on The World Trade Organization

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Elsig, Manfred ^a   Pauwelyn, Joost ^b   Bernauer, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dispute initiation; Dispute settlement mechanism; International trade agreements; Legalization; Litigation; Tariffs and trade; Trade disputes; World trade organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925004824     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199586103.013.0023     Document Type: Chapter

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