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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: "Roots: from Havana to Marrakesh",
WTO web site
GATT 1947
GATT 1994
GATT 1994 (1999-2000 ed)
"The Uruguay Round", WTO web site
Uraguay Round Agreements, Understandings, Decisions and Declarations
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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
WTO web site
Uraguay Round Final Act and WTO agreements (all from WTO site
- all in PDF format)
"Principles of the trading system", WTO web site
Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods
General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights
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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'
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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
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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.
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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 Home Page
About the OECD
Member countries
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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