The Developments of Procedural Rules in International Trade Dispute Settlement Systems

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K03142
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: International law
• Research Institution: Gakushuin University
• Principal Investigator: Abe Yoshinori 学習院大学, 法学部, 教授 (20312928)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 関根 豪政 名古屋商科大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (60736510) ; 小寺 智史 西南学院大学, 法学部, 准教授 (80581743)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 国際貿易紛争処理 / WTO / FTA / 先決的抗弁 / 上級委員会規則 / 妥当な期間 / 透明性 / 第三国参加

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research examined the developments of procedural rules in international trade dispute settlement systems. It clarified what developments had already attained and discussed critical issues involved in them. Based on these examinations, we offered reasonable interpretations of the procedural rules and presented the characteristics of international trade dispute settlement systems. We analyzed a broad range of litigation-related issues, such as the use of economic analysis in Article 22.6 arbitration of the WTO, the scope of Article 21.5 panels of the WTO, the working procedure of the appellate review of the WTO, the relationship between the concept of legitimacy and dispute settlement in the WTO and FTAs, Article 21.3 arbitration of the WTO, the transparency of the dispute settlement proceedings in the WTO and FTAs, the enhanced third party rights and the potentiality of co-respondents under the WTO dispute settlement system.

Free Research Field

国際法学