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- Transparency in the WTO SPS and TBT Agreements
- Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law
- Transparency in the WTO SPS and TBT Agreements
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Table of Cases
- Country Classification
- Introduction
- Part I Why the SPS and TBT Agreements?
- PART II Transparency as a Substitute for Dispute Settlement
- Part III Transparency as a Complement to Dispute Settlement
- 6 Transparency and Disputes
- 7 Climbing the WTO Disputing Pyramid
- 8 Access to the WTO Disputing Pyramid
- 9 Is the Current Interaction between Transparency and Dispute Settlement the Best It Can Be?
- Conclusion of Part III
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- References
- Index
8 - Access to the WTO Disputing Pyramid
The ‘Transparency Staircase’
from Part III - Transparency as a Complement to Dispute Settlement
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2020
- Transparency in the WTO SPS and TBT Agreements
- Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law
- Transparency in the WTO SPS and TBT Agreements
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Table of Cases
- Country Classification
- Introduction
- Part I Why the SPS and TBT Agreements?
- PART II Transparency as a Substitute for Dispute Settlement
- Part III Transparency as a Complement to Dispute Settlement
- 6 Transparency and Disputes
- 7 Climbing the WTO Disputing Pyramid
- 8 Access to the WTO Disputing Pyramid
- 9 Is the Current Interaction between Transparency and Dispute Settlement the Best It Can Be?
- Conclusion of Part III
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- References
- Index
Summary
Using the framework exposed in Chapter 6, this chapter presents how the SPS and TBT transparency mechanisms serve to address a number of the factors needed by WTO Members to adjudicate. In particular, it shows the extent to which SPS and TBT transparency allows to gain access to information about other Members’ regulations, to reduce some resource inequalities through equal access to information and to offer alternative fora to discuss conflicts and work towards a mutually acceptable solution. Still, this chapter underlines inequalities that remain in the access to WTO transparency, suggesting some explanations for unequal access to dispute settlement.
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- Transparency in the WTO SPS and TBT AgreementsThe Real Jewel in the Crown, pp. 265 - 273Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020