Document Type

Article

Publication Title

University of Illinois Law Review Online

Abstract

Professors Shaffer and Gao, in their thoroughly researched article, challenge an assumption common in the early years of the new World Trade Organization (“WTO”) dispute settlement system: that the legalization of dispute settlement in the transformation of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade into the WTO would disadvantage states without strong traditions of domestic or international adversarial litigation. This was of particular concern because the legalization appeared to benefit, for example, the United States, the European Union, and Canada—all countries with considerable resources in international economic law and litigation, including resources “in house” within the government. As Shaffer and Gao show in their article through the example of China, it is entirely possible to play catch-up and evolve in capacity but also through an effective, winning strategy in WTO litigation. In a different study (with a different co-author) Shaffer has told a similar story concerning Brazil.

First Page

268

Volume

2018

Publication Date

2018

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