Bad lawyering or ulterior motive? Why the United States lost the film case before the WTO dispute settlement panel

From: Law and Policy in International Business | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION

In order to convince countries such as the United States to forgo unilateral response measures to violations of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT),1 the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) arose out of the Uruguay Round of GATT Negotiations in 1994,(2) as an efficient dispute settlement mechanism.

Since its inception, the Dispute Settlement Body3 has received 163 consultation requests on 125 different matters.4 The United States has invoked the WTO DSU in 34 cases to date as plaintiff, 7 of which have continued beyond the ...

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