Dispute Settlement Mechanism of WTO: Balancing the Disequilibrium

An utility-oriented work focuses on the developing country perspective in dispute settlement system of WTO. The increased legalization of the dispute settlement system of WTO has brought tremendous change in the mechanism and has strengthened faith of smaller and weaker parties but it does not come without costs.

Disputes before DSM

When the rights of the Member Countries are infringed they may bring the disputes to the WTO.  Judgements relating to such disputes are delivered by specially appointed independent experts that are based on interpretations of the agreements and individual countries’ commitments. The author has stepped into every stone like: TRIPs Agreement, Uruguay Round, GATT, Disputes Settlement, Dumping & Anti-dumping, etc. to acquaint the readers with the current development on the subject.

Key Features:

• Functional & structural aspects of DSB.
• Establishment of panel of DSB.
• Participation of developing countries in DSM.
• Application on DSU.
• Legalization of multilateral system.
• Dispute settlement system of WTO