Is there a case - legally and politically - for direct effect of WTO obligations?: (abstract only)

• Published in: International journal of constitutional law Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 189
• Main Author: Ruiz Fabri, H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Disadvantaged; Economic actors; Equity; European Union; Justice; Law; Obligation; Sanctions; Sanctions (international law); Trade; World Trade Organization; WTO

WTO law does not require its direct effect in domestic legal orders. Whilst the stances taken in these are diverse, showing that direct effect is not denied on the whole to WTO law, all the major trading members of the WTO deny it. The fact that, in a case where a WTO member does not comply and is t...