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Are developing countries deterred from using the WTO dispute settlement system? Participation of developing countries in the DSM in the years 1995-2005
The data issued by the WTO Secretariat on disputes shows that "developing countries" have participated in one-third of the cases 1995-2005. The data should be corrected to exclude some OECD member countries and some others with high GDP per capita. These adjustments reduce by about 30 the number of cases and, in addition, analysis shows that the vast majority of the developing country cases were launched by just five members. If another eight members are added, you have 90 per cent of developing member dispute activity, which means that around 80-90 members have had no dispute participation at all. This paper discusses reasons for that passive attitude and concludes that there seems to be little in the WTO system per se that needs correcting in this context. It is rather problems of internal governance and organization in many capitals that may be responsible for the relative absence of many members from the WTO dispute scene.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: ECIPE Working Paper ; No. 01/2007
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
International Conflicts; Negotiations; Sanctions
International Agreements and Observance; International Organizations
International Relations and International Political Economy: Other
Other Economic Systems: International Trade, Finance, Investment and Aid
- Subject
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international trade
World Trade Organization
trade law
Dispute Settlement System
developing countries
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Abbott, Roderick
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Veröffentlichung
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European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)
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Brussels
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2007
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- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Abbott, Roderick
- European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)
Time of origin
- 2007
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