WTO/GATT

WTO web site

Status of the WTO (members)

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade * new link *
Summary and excerts by the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) - environmental focus.

International Trade History: GATT to WTO * new link *
Brief overview at "About" - includes related links

Transparency in Dispute Resolution within the WTO
Article by Jeffrey Waincymer published in the Melbourne University Law Review (2000), Volume 24.

Understanding the World Trade Organisation
Speech by Marcus Noland, 16 February 2000

WorldTradeLaw.net
The Online Source for World Trade Law. Conduct a full-text search of GATT/WTO Panel and Appellate Boyd Reports. There are also, court decisions, legal texts, journals, firms, international organisations, government agencies, news, GATT/WTO Reports and Awards, GATT/WTO Legal Texts, links by region and links by topic. Great site.

WTO In Focus * new link *
Part of a New Series of Policy Debates and Reports on Trade (US). Consists of a series of articles about the WTO by 'Foreign Policy In Focus' (FPIF). According to the site FPIF was established in 1996 and 'is a "think tank without walls" that functions as an international network of more than 650 policy analysts and advocates.'

WTO/GATT Research
Article by Jeanne Rehberg (15 October 1999) at LLRX - very useful article

History of the GATT

History of the GATT: "Roots: from Havana to Marrakesh", WTO web site

GATT 1947

GATT 1994

GATT 1994 (1999-2000 ed)

The Uruguay Round

"The Uruguay Round", WTO web site

Uraguay Round Agreements, Understandings, Decisions and Declarations

Establishment and Functions of the WTO

WTO web site

Status of the WTO (members)

Organisational Chart (PDF)

Accession to the WTO

Doha Ministerial Conference 2001

Official Website for the WTO 4th Ministerial Conference, November 2001, Doha, Qatar

Summary of WTO texts

The WTO Agreement

 

WTO web site

Associated Agreements

Uraguay Round Final Act and WTO agreements (all from WTO site - all in PDF format)

 

 

"Principles of the trading system", WTO web site

The GATT

Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods

GATS

General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)

TRIPS

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

Dispute Resolution Agreement

ANNEX 2: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

'The Dispute Resolution Mechanism'

'Settling Disputes'

'The WTO's Most Individual Contribution'

'The Panel Process'

DFAT, 'Australia's Relationship with the World Trade Organisation (WTO)' (September 2000)

'Dispute Settlement'

'The Dispute Settlement Mechanism' in A Three-Year Review of the World Trade Organisation', the George Washington University, 1998

DFAT, The WTO Disputes Investigation and Enforcement Mechanism, Canberra, December 1999

'Australia and the WTO Dispute Settlement', DFAT Web Site

Panel and Appellate Body Reports

Truss, W, 'WTO decision good news for Australian lamb industry - Truss', Media Release, 2 May 2001

ABC, 'US abides by WTO Ruling', The World Today radio broadcast transcript, 15 June 2001

DFAT, 'Australia and WTO Dispute Settlement'

DFAT, 'WTO dispute settlement - delivering benefits to the agriculture sector'

Trade Policy Review Mechanism

ANNEX 3: Trade Policy Review Mechanism

Trade Policy Review Mechanism

Plurilateral Trade Agreements

ANNEX 4: Plurilateral Trade Agreements

Plurilateral Trade Agreement

'Government Procurement: Opening up for Competition', WTO Web site

Agreement on Government Procurement - Information from WTO site

Agreement on Information Technology

Fifty Years of the GATT/WTO: Lessons from the Past for Strategies for the Future
Paper by C Fred Bergsten, Geneva, April 30, 1998
 

International Trade

WTO/GATT Research 
By Jeanne Rehberg. This is a guide to WTO materials in the NYU Law Library. For call numbers of specific titles listed in the guide, please search by title in JULIUS.

Nafta Research
By Jeanne Rehberg.

ArbitrationLaw Online

Access to Commercial Arbitration and International Bibliography (CAB) and to the Roster of International Arbitrators (GAA). A password is required.

Guide to International Trade Law Sources on the Internet 
By Marci Hoffman.

Arbitrage et Mediation 
 
By Serge Braudo, Conseiller honoraire à la Cour d'appel de Versailles.

AsianNet Trade InfoCenter  
A gateway to global information exchange. Look under Trade Laws for links to countries and international organizations legal documents.

CISG Online 
The CISG Online Project is maintained by the Law Faculty of the University of Basel. It provides the status of convention, text, articles, cases, bibliographic references and German case law on the U. N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).

Eye on International Business Law 
Information on the International Trade/Commercial Law, International Commercial Arbitration, and  Private International Law.


EU Trade and Bilateral Trade Relations

International Alternative Dispute Resolution 
Information on Arbitral Awards and Judicial Decisions.

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) 
See cases for more information.


International Trade Database (Pace University)-- International Sale of Goods   
CISG- UN Conventions on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.


International Trade Law Monitor -Lex Mercatoria  
Contains European Information Sources, International Chamber of Commerce, NAFTA, UN UNCITRAL, UNCTAD ,WIPO, GATT/WTO/ World Bank, International Trade Conventions, Dispute Settlement, Carriage of Goods, Customs, Interpretation of Legal Texts, Jurisdiction and Enforcement, Lex Mercatoria, Negotiable Instruments, Protection of Intellectual Property, Trade Marks, Treaties related to Greater Freedom of Trade or Economic Union.


IBFD  Fee based database. To gain free and unlimited access to IBFD's Tax News Service on the Internet for 30 days, simply fill out the form. See also Interfisc, a publication intended for general guidance only. The Library has a subscription to Tax News Service. A password is required.

International Trade Library 
By the FIEN Group Software Creations. Provides great trade links.


International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) The World Business Organization

Internet Resources for Latin America
Guides to information resources for Latin American studies, links to major web directories, fee based databases, search engines, etc.

NAFTA Secretariat  
Contains dispute settlement rules and provisions, NAFTA and FTA Decisions & Reports as well as Extraordinary Challenge Committees' decisions reviewing Chapter 19 bi-national panel decisions emanated from the U.S. 


NAFTA  
Trade Negotiations and Agreements Dispute Settlement Chapter 11 can be found at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. For more information see the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration  and  Market Access and Compliance.


NAFTA Home Page
Comprised of the U.S. Department of Commerce and  International Trade Administration. The site also includes information on the the U.S. Department of Agriculture Home Page, NAFTA Information Resources , National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade , Organization of American States-Trade Unit for Chapter 19 Decisions. 

To check current status of NAFTA, search Congressional Record and Federal Register for proclamations, regulations, administrative actions of Commerce Department's International Trade Administration, the US Trade Representative, the US International Trade Commission.

OAS  
The site for the Organization of American States Home Page and Organization of American States-Trade Unit for FTAA documents, NAFTA Dispute Settlement, Investment Treaties.

National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade 
The Inter-American Database has various projects which serve to identify and eliminate the structural legal obstacles to free trade through the harmonization of commercial laws and practice and the standardization of legal documentation. The Center has undertaken work in the following substantive areas: Banking, Environment ,Intellectual Property ,Labor, Secured Financing, Securities, and Transportation. Also includes selected English Translations of Mexican Laws. Information is available by subscription only. Please, contact the Reference Librarian for Foreign and International Law.


STAT-USA 
The most recent international trade information available from the National Trade Data Bank, the Economic, Social & Environmental Data Base, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The database has a gateway to EuroTrade Online and Eurostat . Access available from NYU terminals and by password. Check also STAT-USA via government. 
For USA Antitrust regulations look at: 
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/antitrust.html
http://www.legalethics.com/pa/practice/anti.htm http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/01antitrust/index.html
http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/antitrust.htm

USA Trade Online
STAT-USA and the Foreign Trade Division of the U.S. Census Bureau. You can find specific U.S. export and import information on more than 18,000 commodities world wide. A password is required.


UNCITRAL
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law.

Trade Compliance Center (TCC
Contains more than 200 USA trade agreements. See also Market Access and Compliance (MAC On-Line), formerly the Global Export Market Information System (GEMS). Provides U.S. companies with the fullest range of information on accessing foreign markets.


U.S. Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)
For more information see OAS.

World Trade Online
Inside USA Trade. A fee-based database providing expanded access to trade-related news from centers around the world. The library has a subscription. A password is required.

WorldTradeLaw.net Dispute Settlement Commentary Service
It is a comprehensive research tool for WTO Panel and Appellate Body Reports and WTO Arbitrations. The service is available on an annual subscription basis. IP access.


World Trade Organization and WTO Tariff Schedules 
Information available by country and chapters. To learn more about the organization and its documentation system, please follow this Training Package prepared by WTO.


World Chambers Network 
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Index, created and maintained by WCN is offered as a service of the World Chambers Network. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Index is designed to strengthen the global chamber of commerce movement, by  presenting the scope and strength of this global business resource to the world business community.

 

United Nations

United Nations Home Page
Information about the UN, peace and security, economic and social development, international law, humanitarian affairs, human rights, conferences and events, general information, civil society/business, audio visual webcast, publications and sales, database, what's new, UN news, UN documents, UN around the world and UN member states.

UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law)
This site is available in English, French, Spanish and Chinese. About UNCITRAL, what’s new, conventions, model law and other texts, ratifications and enactments, preparatory documents, case law (CLOUT), bibliography, congress and colloquium proceedings, and other useful links

International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
Information about the President of Unidroit, contact details, work program for 1999-2001, Unidroit news, Unidroit conventions (including status), UNIDROIT principles of international commercial contracts, franchising, Unidroit publications, the unidroit Library, depository libraries for Unidroit documentation adn the Centre for Comparative and Foreign Law Studies (also available in French)

OECD

OECD Home Page

About the OECD

Member countries

Other

See also International Organisations

International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes
About the ICSID, ICSID basic documents, additional facility, list of contracting states, ICSID cases, ICSID publications, Bilateral investment treaties, news from the ICSID and contact information.







 
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