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Determinants of International Trade Disputes: Evidence from the WTO Regime

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  • Abedin , Ziaul

    (Senior Assistant Secretary, Chief Advisor's Office, Dhaka, Banglade)

  • Odano , Sumimaru

    (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Shiga University, Japan)

Abstract

Since the inception of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995, one of the most important questions that is constantly being raised and debated over is whether the new dispute settlement protocols covered by the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) are sufficient to provide effective remedies against unfair trade practices. Critical questions such as what determines whether a country will involve into trade disputes or not, or if a country involves into trade disputes then what factors determine its chance of winning or losing the disputes- have always remained in focus. During the last decade, several writers attempted to answer these questions and ventured to assess if there was a bias in the new dispute settlement system of WTO by finding whether the new system was actually providing equal treatment to all the Members or not. The results of their findings were mi

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  • Abedin , Ziaul & Odano , Sumimaru, 2005. "Determinants of International Trade Disputes: Evidence from the WTO Regime," Bangladesh Development Studies, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), vol. 31(1-2), pages 57-78, March-Jun.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:badest:0466
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    Keywords

    Developing countries; Defendants; International disputes; Developed countries; Plaintiffs; Gross domestic product; International trade; Variable coefficients; Tariffs;
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    • A10 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - General

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