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The 13th Ministerial Conference of WTO in Abu Dhabi renewed commitment to a well-functioning Dispute Settlement Mechanism (DSM) by 2024, crucial for the rules-based multilateral trading system.

On December 21, 2022, the appeal arbitrators in the Colombia – Frozen Fries (DS591) World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute circulated their award (the "Award").

In March 2018, the Donald Trump administration decided to impose additional tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on imported aluminium products. The pretext was preserving national security. The legal basis was Section 232 of the US Trade Expansion Act of 1962.

A move by Turkey and the European Union to invoke an untested arbitration mechanism to resolve a trade dispute over pharmaceuticals could set a precedent for resolving such disagreements while the U.S. keeps the World Trade Organization's Appellate Body hamstrung, possibly for years to come.

Posts about special 301 written by Tim Cushing, Mike Masnick, Glyn Moody, and Sean Flynn

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A U.S. commitment to reinstate binding WTO dispute settlement could help reinvigorate hope in multilateralism and global cooperation.

Expressions of interest in relation to UK/EU trade and cooperation agreement arbitrators The government is seeking people to appoint to lists of arbitrators and expert panellists for the dispute settlement mechanisms within the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). From: Request an accessible format. If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email publiccorrespondence@cabinetoffice...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the first African and the first woman to serve in the WTO’s top post. But she faces formidable challenges.