Thomas Alexander Zimmermann
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    What Direction Should the DSU Take? Negotiations and Proposals to Review and Reform the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding
    (Difo, 2004)
    Zimmermann, Thomas A.
    On 1 January 1995, the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU) entered into force. Since 1998, negotiations to review and reform the DSU have taken place ("DSU review"), however without yielding any result so far. Surprisingly, scholars have not yet studied the DSU review exercise comprehensively. This study proposes to fill this gap. In a first step, the foundations for the discussion are laid with a brief account of the economic, legal and political aspects of the dispute settlement mechanism, its evolution and its working in practice. In a second step, the study offers an overview and analysis of the negotiating process in its broader context. Additionally, negotiating proposals on stage-specific and horizontal issues of the dispute settlement mechanism are presented and analysed in depth with regard to their background, their contents, and their potential implications. In a third step, the difficulties faced by negotiators in completing the DSU review are explored. Policy recommendations for further negotiations are made and the chances of a future agreement are evaluated. Finally, the study is also intended to offer a one-stop point of departure for other researchers who wish to further explore specific aspects of the DSU review. To this end, references available on the DSU review exercise have been comprehensively documented. PLEASE NOTE: An updated version of this thesis has been published with Cameron May (London) in 2006 under the title "Negotiating the Review of the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding". It is available for download in Alexandria under the corresponding entry at https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/39370/1/zimmermann_2006_book_dsu_alexandria.pdf .
    Type: doctoral thesis
    URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/69096