scholarly journals Technical barriers to trade notifications and dispute settlement within the WTO

Equilibrium ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahdi Ghodsi Ghodsi ◽  
Jan Jakub Michałek
Keyword(s):  
World Trade Organization ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Early Warning System ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Trade Policies ◽  
Technical Barriers To Trade ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this paper is to verify empirically whether the Specific Trade Concerns (STCs) regarding Technical Barriers to Trade (TBTs) notifications by WTO members can serve as an early warning system for past and future disputes (DS) covering allegedly trade restricting TBTs. WTO members, in order to increase transparency of trade policies, have made efforts to compile data on notified TBTs. For several years the WTO provides a TBT dataset, used in our paper, which covers the STCs raised by its members (“reverse” notifications). From 1995-2011, there have been 45 requests for consultation under the Dispute Settlement (DS) Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in order to identify possible violations of the technical barriers to trade (TBT) agreement. This paper attempts to find the linkages between DS cases citing the TBT agreement and the STC data regarding TBTs. The DS Body’s decisions regarding possible violations of the TBT agreement are discussed in detail. Afterwards, we analyze, descriptively and econometrically, the relationship between notified STCs and DS consultations regarding TBTs.

Global Public Policy and the World Trade Organization after Shrimp/Turtle and Asbestos

2005 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 253-352
Author(s):  
Maureen Irish
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Trade Policies ◽  
Technical Barriers To Trade ◽  
Appellate Body ◽  
The World ◽  
Phytosanitary Measures ◽  
Global Public Policy

SummaryRecent decisions of the Appellate Body of the WTO deal with the interpretation of GATT Article XX, which provides exemptions from trade obligations for important non-trade policies such as the protection of health and the environment. The article discusses those decisions, as well as the balance between trade and non-trade interests in the provisions of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade.

The Forecast and Early Warning Research about Soybean Marke in China

2011 ◽  
Vol 63-64 ◽  
pp. 960-963
Author(s):  
Dong He ◽  
Hong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
World Trade Organization ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Warning System ◽  
International Market ◽  
Soybean Product ◽  
The Press ◽  
The World ◽  
Soybean Industry ◽  
Farm Produce

After entering into the World Trade Organization，domestie farm produce market gradually melt into the international market. Thus as one of the most important oil plants，the soybean also receives the press from the international market. Consequenily,it is an important meaning to build the foreeast-warning system of soybean market for domestic soybean industry. In this paper，undergoing to survey the actuality of domestic soybean product，the output，demand and import of the soybean are forecasted using the method of the BPNN and the modified Logistic model.Two irnportant warning alert index of domestic soybean market, that is the dependence degree of the soybean import and the increasing ratio of the price of the soybean，are built the foreeast-warning model.In the end， suggestions corresponding to the early warning conclusion are given.

The Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement of the World Trade Organization: Debunking Its Reliance on Scientific Evidence and Reluctance to Endorse Potential Biotechnology Risks

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Muhammad ISLAM
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Scientific Uncertainty ◽  
The World ◽  
Precautionary Measures ◽  
Phytosanitary Measures ◽  
Biotech Products

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) relies on scientific evidence as a conclusive risk assessment criterion, which ignores the inherent limitations of science. This article highlights certain trade-restrictive effects of scientific evidence and comments on the Agreement’s aversions to precautionary measures and the consumer concern of the harmful effects of biotech products that may be necessary to protect public health and biosecurity in many WTO Member States. These measures and concerns have become pressing issues due to surging consumer awareness and vigilance concerning environmental protection and food safety. The Agreement is yet to overcome the weaknesses of its endorsed international standardising bodies, the problematic definition of scientific evidence and treatment of justification for scientific risk assessment methods and the implementation difficulties faced by most developing states. This article analyses these issues under the provisions of the Agreement and the interpretations of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body in disputes involving SPS matters, which fall short of addressing scientific uncertainty surrounding biotech products and their associated risks.

scholarly journals ‎ Sudan’s accession to the World Trade Organization and its impact on the proceeds of tax and customs revenues (Field study): انضمام السودان لمنظمة التجارة العالمية وأثره على حصيلة الإيرادات الضريبية والجمركية (دراسة ميدانية)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelsalam Awad Khair Elseed
Keyword(s):  
World Trade Organization ◽  
World Trade ◽  
The State ◽  
Hypotheses Testing ◽  
The World ◽  
Control Procedures ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Correct Implementation ◽  
Public Revenues

The study aimed to recognize the extent of Sudan government interest with increasing its public revenues through its quest to join world trade organization, to study the relationship between join world trade organization and increasing the tax and customs revenues for the state. The study adopted descriptive approach to analyze study’s data and hypotheses testing. The study found several results, among which is that, join world trade organization impacts on tax and customs revenues through tax facilities and customs’ reductions which provided by joining the organization, implementing principles of cancels customs tariff according to world trade organization requirements impacts public revenues of the state. The study recommended many recommendations, among which is that, Sudanese government should do more efforts towards complete obligation of implementing World trade organization’s guidance, increasing custom’s control procedures to ensure correct implementation for world trade organization’s articles that concern customs performance.

Conclusion

2019 ◽  
pp. 312-332
Author(s):  
Sivan Shlomo Agon
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Institutional Changes ◽  
Wto Dispute Settlement ◽  
The World ◽  
International Adjudication ◽  
Dispute Settlement System

The present chapter concludes the work. It sums up the key findings of the study while discussing the results emerging from a comparative analysis of the three categories of disputes examined throughout the book. The chapter then revisits the central arguments put forth in the book and articulates the lessons to be learned for the study of the goals, operation, and effectiveness of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement System (DSS), and of international courts more broadly. It also discusses some of the insights to be offered with respect to possible institutional changes or reforms of the WTO DSS, with a view to ensuring the system’s future effectiveness. The chapter closes with several observations that go beyond effectiveness, pertaining to the costs and unintended consequences attendant on more effective and empowered international adjudication.

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