Intro -- Remedies under the WTO Legal System -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgment -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Scope and Objective -- 3. General Introduction to the Volume -- 3.1. Remedies under International Law -- 3.2. Remedies under WTO Law -- 3.3. Enforcement of Remedies under WTO Law -- 3.4. WTO Remedies and Developing Countries -- 2. General Features of the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding -- 1. Introduction -- 2. GATT Dispute Settlement (1947-1994) -- 2.1. The Havana Charter and the GATT 1947 -- 2.2. The General Agreement in Tarifffs and Trade -- 2.3. Dispute Settlement in GATT (Articles XXII and XXIII) -- 2.4. Compliance and Enforcement in the GATT Era -- 2.5. Summary of the GATT Era -- 2.6. The Uruguay Round: Rethinking on Compliance and Enforcement -- 3. The WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding -- 3.1. The Dispute Settlement Understanding: An Introduction -- 3.2. The WTO Dispute Settlement Process: Pre-Implementation Stage -- 3.3. Compliance with and Enforcement of Adopted Reports: The Implementation Stage -- 3.4. Surveillance of Implementation -- 4. Special and Additional Rules and Procedure for Dispute Settlement -- 4.1. Article 4.7 of the SCM Agreement -- 5. Prohibition of Unilateralism -- 6. Jurisdiction -- 6.1. Compulsory Jurisdiction -- 6.2. Scope of Jurisdiction -- 6.3. Nature of Claims -- 7. Other Means of Dispute Settlement in the DSU -- 7.1. Good Offf?ices -- 7.2. Arbitration Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU -- 3. Remedies under International Law -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Remedies in International Law in Context -- 3. The ILC's Articles on State Responsibility for Internationally Wrongful Acts -- 3.1. Historical Development of the Articles -- 3.2. General Overview of the Articles -- 3.3. Legal Status of the Articles -- 3.4. Basic Concepts Underlying the Articles.

3.4.1. Distinction between Primary and Secondary Obligations -- 3.4.2. The Concept of 'Injured State' and 'Injury' -- 3.4.3. Residual Nature of the Articles -- 4. Legal Consequences of the International Responsibility of a State -- 4.1. Obligations Arising out of an International Wrongful Act -- 4.1.1. Cessation of the Wrongful Act -- 4.1.2. Assurance and Guarantees of Non-Repetition -- 4.2. Reparation for Injury Caused -- 4.2.1. Deffinition of Injury and Establishing the Causal Link -- 4.2.2. Forms of Reparation -- 5. Conclusion -- 4. Remedies under WTO Law -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Relationship between WTO Law and International Law -- 2.1. WTO Law as Lex Specialis - Understanding the Connection -- 2.1.1. Concept of Lex Specialis in International Law -- 2.1.2. WTO Law as "Lex Specialis" -- 2.2. Applicable Law in the WTO DSU - the Possible Wider Relationship -- 2.3. Customary Rules of Interpretation under International Law and the WTO -the Minimum Level of Interaction -- 2.3.1. Customary Rules of Interpretation under International Law -- 2.3.2. Customary Rules of Interpretation in the WTO -- 2.4. Non Liquet in the WTO and International Law - A Possible Fall Out -- 3. Nature of WTO Obligations: Bilateral or Collective? -- 4. Access to the WTO Dispute Settlement System: Legal Standing -- 5. Material Aspects of Remedies under the WTO Dispute Settlement System -- 5.1 Object and Purpose of Remedies -- 5.2. Nature and Content of Remedies under the DSU -- 5.2.1. Recommendation to 'Bring the Measures into Conformity': The Ultimate Remedy under the WTO -- 5.2.2. Special Rules on Remedies: Subsidies Practice - "Withdrawal" vs. "Bring into Conformity" -- 5.2.3. Suggest Ways to Comply - the Non-binding Option -- 5.3. Legal Efffect of Rulings under Article 19.1 -- 5.4. Value of GATT/WTO Reports as Precedent7 -- 5.5. The Prospective Nature of Remedies.

6. Implementation of Adverse DSB Rulings: The Procedural Aspect of Remedies -- 6.1. Prompt Compliance -- 6.1.1. Concept of Compliance -- 6.2. Reasonable Period of Time for Implementation -- 6.2.1. The Procedure -- 6.2.2. Scope of Article 21.3 (c) Arbitration -- 6.2.3. Factors Determining the Reasonable Period of Time -- 6.2.4. Special Rules in the SCM Agreement -- 6.2.5. Nature of the Burden of Proof -- 6.3. "Surveillance" During the Reasonable Period -- 6.4. Disagreements Regarding Implementation: The Compliance Review Procedure -- 6.4.1. The Compliance Review Procedure -- 6.4.2. Scope of the Article 21.5 Review -- 6.4.3. "Measures" Taken to Comply -- 6.5. The Relationship between Articles 21.5 and 22: The Problem of Sequencing -- 6.5.1. Statement of the Problem -- 6.5.2. The EC - US Controversy: the EC- Banana Case -- 6.5.3. The Panel/Arbitration Findings -- 6.5.4. Bilateral Understanding: The Ad hoc Solution -- 7. Compensation: Remedy for Non-Compliance -- 7.1. Remedies for Non-Compliance -- 7.2. Compensation as a Remedy -- 7.3. Cases where Compensation was Opted for as a Remedy -- 7.4. Problems with WTO Compensation -- 7.5. Proposals for Improving Compensation as a Remedy -- 7.5.1. Compulsory/ Mandatory Compensation -- 7.5.2. Financial/Money Compensation -- 7.5.3. Retrospective Compensation -- 8. Remedies for Non-violation and Situation Claims -- 8.1. Remedies for Non-violation Claims -- 8.2. Situation Complaints -- 9. Preliminary Conclusions -- 5. Enforcing Remedies under WTO Law -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Enforcement Record of the WTO: The Data -- 1.2. Use of Terms -- 2. Enforcement of Remedies in International Law -- 2.1. Is International Law 'Law'? A Brief Look at the Old Debate -- 2.2. Customary Rules on Countermeasures: The ILC Articles -- 2.3. Preclusion of Wrongfulness of Countermeasures 228.

2.4. Conditions Limiting the Application of Countermeasures in International Law -- 2.4.1. Object of Countermeasures -- 2.4.2. Countermeasures must be Directed only Against the State Responsible -- 2.4.3. Countermeasures are Temporary Measures -- 2.4.4. Reversibility of Object of Countermeasures -- 2.4.5. Non-Termination of Substantive Obligations -- 2.4.6. Countermeasures must be Proportionate -- 2.4.7. Obligations not Afffected by Countermeasures -- 2.4.8. Procedural Conditions -- 2.4.9. Termination of Countermeasures -- 2.5. Lex Specialis Enforcement Provisions in Other International Law Regimes -- 3. Applicability of Customary Rules of Countermeasures in WTO Law -- 4. Countermeasures in WTO Law -- 4.1. Suspension of Obligation and Retaliation under GATT 1947 -- 4.2. From GATT to WTO: Remedies for Non-Compliance -- 4.3. Object and Purpose of Countermeasures in the WTO -- 4.3.1. The Compliance vs. Rebalancing Debate -- 5. General Features of Countermeasures in the WTO -- 5.1. The Bilateral Nature of Countermeasures -- 5.2. Temporal Character of Countermeasures -- 5.3. Prospective Nature of Countermeasures: Date from which 'Injury' is Calculated -- 5.4. Countermeasures to be Consistent with the Covered Agreements -- 6. Principles and Procedure Governing Countermeasures -- 6.1. General Conditions for Countermeasures -- 6.1.1. Choice between Suspension of "Concessions" and "Other Obligations" -- 6.1.2. Other Requirements: Methodology Paper and Product Coverage -- 6.2. Specif?ic Rules and Procedures for Countermeasures -- 6.2.1. Retaliation and Cross-Retaliation: The Hierarchy of Responses -- 6.2.2. Rules and Procedure for Granting Cross-Retaliation -- 6.3. Scope and Power of Review of Article Arbitrators -- 6.4. Burden of Proof -- 7. Level of Countermeasures: The Principle of Proportionality -- 7.1. The Concept of Proportionality in International Law.

7.2. The WTO Countermeasures and the Principle of Proportionality -- 7.2.1. Determination of 'Equivalence' in Countermeasures Cases -- 7.2.2. 'Appropriate' Countermeasures in the SCM Agreement: The Exception -- 7.3. Assessment of Level of Countermeasures - The Methodology -- 7.3.1. Assessment of "Equivalence" -- 7.3.2. Mirror Legislation as Equivalent Countermeasure -- 7.4. The "Carousel" Type Retaliation -- 8. Surveillance of Implementation -- 9. Instances of Countermeasures in the WTO: The Cases -- 9.1. The EC - Bananas Case -- 9.2. The EC - Hormones Case -- 9.3. The US - Tax Treatment for "Foreign Sales Corporations" Case -- 9.4. The Aircraft Subsidy Cases -- 9.5. The US - Offfset Act of 2000 (Byrd Amendment) Case -- 9.6. The US -Gambling and Betting Services Case -- 9.7. The Issues Raised by these Cases -- 10. The Efffectiveness of Countermeasures in WTO Law -- 10.1. Efffectiveness of Countermeasures: The Institutional Dilemma -- 11. Preliminary Conclusions -- 6. WTO Remedies and the Developing Countries -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. The Problem of Identifying "Developing Countries" -- 2. Diffferential Treatment in International Law -- 2.1. The S&D Principle as a Permanent Exception to International Law: Some Preliminary Observations -- 3. The GATT 1947 and the Developing Countries -- 3.1. Diffferential Treatment in the GATT 1947 -- 3.2. GATT Dispute Settlement and the Developing Countries -- 3.3. The Developing Countries' Attempt to Improve the GATT Dispute Settlement -- 3.4. The Uruguay Round and Special and Diffferential Treatment -- 4. The WTO and the Developing Countries -- 5. The WTO Remedies and Special and Diffferential Treatment for the Developing Countries -- 5.1. The WTO DSU and S&D Treatment Provisions -- 5.2. Remedies under the WTO DSU and S&D Treatment for Developing Countries.

5.3. Legal Efffect of S&D Treatment Provisions in WTO Law.

The study presents a critical review on the problems stemming from the nature and scope of the WTO remedies, and highlights in a comparative perspective the lacunas and inadequacies in the substantive and procedural aspects of WTO dispute settlement system.

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