Can the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism Resolve Trade Disputes between China and Taiwan?

Kong, Qingjiang

doi:10.1093/jiel/5.3.747

“…107 It would bring about a diplomatically sensitive situation in which China and Taiwan stand against each other with equivalent status in an international forum, which may cause a very difficult political dilemma for these Members. Since the WTO is the only international organization of which Taiwan is a full Member, Taiwan may have strong incentives to use the WTO dispute settlement system to promote the image as a political entity that is on par with China 108. It remains to be seen how these Members agree to address this problem.…”

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confidence: 99%

WTO Dispute Settlements in East Asia

Ahn

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2003

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East Asian countries have become much more active in utilizing the WTO dispute settlement system to assert their legal rights. The dispute settlement experience so far for these countries has shown strong tendency of domestic governments to defend economic interest of major industries. Their primary counterparts in trade disputes are still major developed countries such as the United States and the European Communities. Thailand is in some sense peculiar in that it brought disproportionately many complaints to the WTO dispute settlement system while it was hardly challenged by other Members. In contrast to the GATT era, Korea has become legally very aggressive under the WTO system. It is also noted that Japan has been rarely challenged since October 1998. Except for China, most East Asian countries lack the national procedure to link private economic interests to the WTO dispute settlement procedures.

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“…Since the WTO is the only international organization of which Taiwan is a full Member, Taiwan may have strong incentives to use the WTO dispute settlement system to promote the image as a political entity that is on par with China. 108 It remains to be seen how these Members agree to address this problem.…”

Section: Thailandmentioning

confidence: 99%

WTO Dispute Settlements in East Asia

Ahn¹

2005

International Trade in East Asia

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East Asian countries have become much more active in utilizing the WTO dispute settlement system to assert their legal rights. The dispute settlement experience so far for these countries has shown strong tendency of domestic governments to defend economic interest of major industries. Their primary counterparts in trade disputes are still major developed countries such as the United States and the European Communities. Thailand is in some sense peculiar in that it brought disproportionately many complaints to the WTO dispute settlement system while it was hardly challenged by other Members. In contrast to the GATT era, Korea has become legally very aggressive under the WTO system. It is also noted that Japan has been rarely challenged since October 1998. Except for China, most East Asian countries lack the national procedure to link private economic interests to the WTO dispute settlement procedures.

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