Are Asian WTO Members Using the WTO DSU 'Effectively'?

Michael Ewing-Chow, Alex W. S. Goh and Akshay Kolse Patil

Journal of International Economic Law, 2013, vol. 16, issue 3, 669-705

Abstract: Compared to the USA, the European Union, Brazil, and Mexico, Asian World Trade Organization (WTO) members initiate fewer disputes relative to their respective stakes in global trade. They are also more likely to manifest a preference for negotiated settlements as respondents. Some have suggested that this is due to an 'Asian culture of non-litigiousness'. This article seeks to explore this explanation as well as the fit of other explanations. We find that none of these explanations alone satisfactorily explain the current situation. We offer instead a combination of some alternative explanations by looking at the capacity to engage in WTO litigation, the domestic legal vetting processes for trade measures, industry sophistication and Asian production networks. The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved., Oxford University Press.

Date: 2013
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