Bulletin n. 3/2008 | ||
February 2009 | ||
Gabriella Giovanna Lucarelli de Salvio, Jeanine Gama Sá Cabral, |
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Considerations on the Mercosur Dispute Settlement Mechanism and the Impact of its Decisions in the WTO Dispute Resolution System | ||
in Journal of World Trade , Volume 42 Issue 6 , 2008 , 1013-1040 | ||
This article analyses the evolution of the dispute settlement mechanism (DSM) of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) from its establishment to the current confi guration, compares it with the mechanisms of the European Union (EU) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) and examines certain Mercosur decisions that are intertwined with WTO rulings, revealing the delicate relation between regional trade agreements (RTAs) and the multilateral trading system. | ||