... of a compulsory global international dispute settlement system. Originality/value This paper contributes to the literature by offering a novel comparison of blocking statutes and countermeasures. Economic sanctions have become one of the most essential and dynamic foreign policy instruments...

...Amrita Bahri; Toufiq Ali Purpose World Trade Organisation grants rights to its members, and WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) provides a rule-oriented consultative and judicial mechanism to protect these rights in cases of WTO-incompatible trade infringements. However, the DSU...

... of some of the highlights of the WTO’s jurisprudence as it pertains to fragmentation, with particular focus on the use of general public international law in the context of the WTO dispute settlement. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopts a traditional interpretive legal method, applied...

...Profs James C Hartigan, Petros C Mavroidis, and Joseph McMahon; Giorgio Sacerdoti Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the success of the world trade organisation (WTO) dispute settlement system and its transferability to other fora. Design/methodology/approach – The paper...

... Organization (WTO) dispute settlement system has worked well in the past 20 years. Surprisingly, however, systematic research on compliance with WTO law is still in its infancy. Design/methodology/approach – The research note draws a distinction between first-order and second-order compliance...

... on the continuing relevance of the organization. Findings – This paper adds further support to the notion that the compliance rate with the WTO dispute settlement system and the “quality” of judgments handed down require greater study and less impressionistic reporting. Originality/value – This paper...