The standard of review in WTO dispute settlement
Subtitle: critique and development
By: Ross Becroft
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781781002230
Subjects: Foreign trade regulation; Arbitration (International law); World Trade Organization
Other titles: Standard of review in World Trade Organization dispute settlement
Description: This detailed book critiques how the World Trade Organization scrutinizes domestic measures to determine compliance with the WTO Agreements. This scrutiny, known as the standard of review, is particularly relevant when WTO panels are examining measures involving controversial domestic policy issues. The author argues that the current WTO standard of review is inadequate and a flexible standard based on the responsibilities that WTO members have retained for themselves under the WTO Agreements is preferable. This new standard of review would better reflect the autonomy contemplated for members under the WTO rules and reduce scope for the contention that the WTO overreaching its mandate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The development of the WTO standard of review; title: Alternative models and principles for the development of a WTO standard of review; title: A new general standard of review; title: Modification of the general standard of review; title: The application of a new standard of review to the Trade Remedy Agreements; title: The application of a new standard of review to selected non-trade remedy agreements; title: Conclusion.