Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Appellate Body Report in EC-Bananas III : waiver-thin, or lock, stock, metric ton? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Factual background and original compliance Panel findings -- 2.1 Order of events2 -- 2.2 Relevant documents -- 3. Claims on appeal, findings of the AB, and some observations -- 3.1 Procedural issues -- 3.1.1 Article 9.3 DSU and Rule 20(2)(d)(i) of AB Working Procedures -- 3.1.2 The legal effect of the Understandings on Bananas and the use of estoppel in the WTO -- 3.1.3 'Repeal' of the challenged measures -- 3.1.4 Legal effect of Panel suggestions and the relationship of Articles 19.1 and 21.5 of the DSU -- 3.1.5 Article 3.8 DSU and nullification or impairment suffered by the US and Ecuador -- 3.2 Substantive issues -- 3.2.1 Non-discriminatory administration of tariff quotas under Article XIII -- 3.2.2 Doha Article I Waiver as 'subsequent agreement' -- 3.2.3 Interpretation of the EC market-access commitments and expiry of the EC's 'MFN' tariff quota -- 4. A law and economics perspective on certain aspects of the AB Report in Bananas III (21.5) -- 4.1 Article XIII GATT and the economics of tariff quotas -- 4.1.1 A brief economic assessment of tariff quotas -- 4.1.2 The distribution of trade under tariff quotas and the AB's test of Article XIII:2 -- 4.1.3 Quota-allocation methods, distribution of trade, and the inherent contradictions in Article XIII:2 GATT -- 4.1.3.1 Market allocation methods -- 4.1.3.2 Quasi-market allocation methods102 -- 4.1.3.3 Discretionary allocation methods -- 4.1.3.4 Article XIII:2(d) GATT and historical allocation -- 4.1.3.5 Ways of making quota allocation compatible to Article XIII:2 GATT -- 4.2 Looking forward: the relationship between compliance Panels and Article 22.6 arbitrations -- 4.2.1 The implication of 'overlap and coincidence' of NoI.

4.2.2 Expired measures and the starting date for retaliation -- 4.2.3 The nature of nullification or impairment -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Guilt by association: US - Measures Relating to Shrimp from Thailand and US - Customs Bond Directive for Merchandise Subject to Anti-Dumping/Countervailing Duties -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background to the dispute -- 3. Claims -- 3.1 Panel stage -- 3.2 Key issues analyzed by the Appellate Body -- 3.2.1 'As applied' claims -- 3.2.1.1 Temporal scope of GATT Article VI : 2 and 3 Ad Note -- 3.2.1.1.1 Interpretation of the phrase 'pending final determination of the facts in any case of suspected dumping' -- 3.2.1.1.2 EBR constitutes an additional response to dumping -- 3.2.1.1.3 Relationship between EBR and ADA Article 7 -- 3.2.1.2 Reasonableness of the bond requirement -- 3.2.1.2.1 Obligation to assess risk of individual im -- 3.2.1.2.2 Reasonableness of the likelihood rates would increase -- 3.2.2 'As such' claims -- 3.2.2.1 Amended CBD is inconsistent with Articles 1 and 18.1 of the ADA and Articles 10 and 32.1 of the SCM Agreement -- 3.2.2.2 ADA Article 9 and SCM Agreement Article 19 -- 3.2.3 US claim - the Panel's analysis of the term 'necessary' in Article XX(d) of the GATT 1994 -- 4. Legal and economic analysis -- 4.1 Legal issues -- 4.1.1 Background discussion -- 4.1.1.1 Retrospective vs. prospective collection of ADD/CVD -- 4.1.1.2 Customs bonds in the US -- 4.1.2 The Ad Note Article VI : 2 and 3 GATT 1994 -- 4.2 Economic issues -- 4.2.1 Risk of default for shrimp -- 4.2.1.1 What was known about defaulters? -- 4.2.1.2 Is shrimp like other defaulters? -- 4.2.2 The need to evaluate exporter and importer risk -- 4.2.3 Cost of EBR -- 5. Concluding comments -- Mexico-Olive Oil : Remedy without a cause? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1 Legal and factual background.

2.2 The trade, policies, political-economy facts, and backgroundof the case -- 3. Discussion of legal findings -- 3.1 'Peace Clause' claims -- 3.2 Initiation of the investigation -- 3.3 Procedural claims regarding the conduct of the investigation -- 3.4 'Pass-through' of subsidy benefits -- 3.5 Definition of 'domestic industry' -- 3.6 Claims relating to the injury analysis -- 3.7 Summary of the Panel's findings -- 4. Legal-economic analysis -- 4.1 Injury by subsidy and Mexican examination of 'any known factors' -- 4.1.1 Legal aspects of the findings on 'any known factors' : standard of review -- 4.1.2 Economic purpose of CVD provisions of the SCM Agreement -- 4.1.3 The isolated effect of an EC olive-oil-production subsidy on the market -- 4.1.4 The isolated effect of the loss of the Ybarra brand and distribution network to Mexican olive-oil producers -- 4.2 Implementation of 'procedural' violations of the SCM and Anti-Dumping Agreements -- 4.3 Other issues in the Panel Report -- 4.3.1 The 'pass-through' issue -- 4.3.2 Is a producer that has ceased to produce entitled to seek trade-remedy relief? -- 4.3.3 Reliance on the domestic producer's business plan as evidence of injury -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- US-Stainless Steel (Mexico) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Legal issues in the appeal -- 3. Economic issues -- References -- Continued Suspense: EC-Hormones and WTO Disciplines on Discrimination and Domestic Regulation -- Introduction -- 1. Conceptual considerations -- 2. Continued Suspension -- 3. WTO Discipline of Domestic Regulation: Comparing the GATT III/XX Complex to the SPS 2.2/5.1/5.7 Complex -- 4. The relationship between discrimination and post-discrimination disciplines -- 5. Concluding remarks.

United States - Subsidies on Upland Cotton Recourse to Article 21.5 by Brazil -- 1. Background -- 2. Article 21.5: Scope of 'Measures Taken to Comply' -- 2.1 Raising previously litigated but unresolved issues in Article 21.5 DSU proceedings -- 2.2 Subsequent subsidy payments and Article 21.5 proceedings -- 2.3 Summary -- 3. Evidentiary issues -- 3.1 GSM 102 export credit guarantees -- 4. Conclusion -- China - Measures Affecting Imports of Automobile Parts -- 1. The dispute -- 1.1 The measure at issue -- 1.2 The complainants' claims and China's defense -- 2. The Panel's findings -- 3. China's appeal and the Appellate Body's findings -- 4. Legal analysis -- 4.1 Border measure or internal charge - a fine line -- 4.2 Reviewing the meaning of domestic legislation - a matter of fact or law? -- 5. Economic analysis -- 5.1 Incentives for abuse on both sides -- 5.2 Four relevant questions related to the case -- India - Additional and Extra-Additional Duties on Imports from the United States -- Introduction -- 1. Facts, claims, and findings -- 2. Legal analysis -- 3. Economic analysis -- 3.1 WTO rules and efficient trade and domestic policies -- 3.2 Problems with border tax adjustments -- 3.3 Implications for the debate on carbon border taxes -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Comment India - Additional and Extra-Additional Duties on Imports from the United States -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The relationship between the GATT provisions governing import charges and those governing internal taxes -- 3. The WTO law governing the application of domestic taxes and regulations to imported products and products destined for exportation.