http://ictsd.org International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development Tue, 21 May 2013 13:16:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The US Commerce Department has determined final anti-dumping and anti-subsidy - also known as countervailing - duties on imports of Chinese solar cells, the government agency said on Wednesday evening. The highly-anticipated announcement comes a year after a coalition of US solar panel manufacturers first lodged the case, which ramped ... http://ictsd.org/i/dsu/146999/ Trade tensions between Washington and Beijing flared up rapidly this week, as the two sides lodged WTO challenges against each other on Monday just weeks ahead of the US presidential election. In what represents the latest in a long-running series of disputes between the two trading giants, Washington launched proceedings ... http://ictsd.org/i/dsu/145231/ The US-Mexico row over Washington's dolphin-safe label reached yet another milestone when the WTO's Appellate Body issued a final ruling in May. While the gains for Mexican tuna vessels could be low, the ruling is set to impact product labels and standards around the world. http://ictsd.org/i/dsu/139284/ ----- ENGLISH VERSION ----- THREE ORGANIZATIONS COLLABORATE TO HELP DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HANDLE TRADE LITIGATION Officials from 26 developing countries are exploring new ways of handling legal disputes in trade in a week-long event organized jointly by three Geneva organizations, starting on 30 April 2012. The event, co-organized by the World Trade Organization (WTO), ... http://ictsd.org/i/dsu/132831/ The Centre for International Economic Law at ITAM (Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico) has produced a monograph series in Spanish on WTO Law. The studies provide in-depth analysis on selected aspects of WTO law, including rules application and recent jurisprudence by WTO panels and the Appellate Body. ... http://ictsd.org/i/dsu/106255/ The WTO's dispute settlement system has been called the 'jewel in the crown' of the WTO as it provides automatic, reliable and effective means of dispute resolution. But members can only take advantage of the rule of law if they can effectively pursue their rights in a complex legal regime, ... http://ictsd.org/i/agriculture/developing-countries-and-the-wto/103429/ 1. Why did you, an academic, get involved in addressing the issue of developing country experiences with WTO dispute settlement, and in participating in dialogues that share these experiences among developing country stakeholders? In writing my first book Defending Interests (Brookings Institution Press 2003), I investigated what lay behind the ... http://ictsd.org/i/dsu/98655/ Ambassador Roberto Azevêdo, Ambassador of the Permanent Representation of Brazil to the WTO "The book's analysis on the Brazilian experience is, from our perspective, a valuable contribution to the understanding of how, despite significant resource constraints, a developing country may make good and effective use of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism. ... http://ictsd.org/i/dsu/98649/ This note attempts to deal with the problem of developing the capacity of dealing with the dispute settlement process in the WTO from the perspective of one developing  country  namely Indonesia. In so doing  it seeks  to examine the more fundamental and systemic as well  as institutional  problems  faced by one ... http://ictsd.org/i/dsu/98391/ The WTO is playing a novel role in regional trade relations. Access to a multilateral dispute settlement system is helping to scrutinize and anchor lax(er) regional disciplines. Although accessible only to highly profitable sectors since it is too costly and time consuming, the WTO provides the intangible benefit of exposure. ... http://ictsd.org/i/dsu/98387/