Dispute Settlement Understanding

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WTO agreement international agreement legal framework

The Dispute Settlement Understanding is the World Trade Organization’s central legal framework that governs how trade disputes between member countries are adjudicated and resolved.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes	14
WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding	11
Dispute Settlement Understanding canonical	6
Annex 2 Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes	1
Annex 2: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes	1
Annex 2: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU)	1
Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU)	1
Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU)	1
WTO dispute settlement cases	1
WTO dispute settlement mechanism	1
WTO dispute settlement system	1
World Trade Organization dispute settlement system	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	WTO agreement ⓘ international agreement ⓘ legal framework ⓘ
administeredBy	World Trade Organization ⓘ
adoptedAt	Marrakesh ⓘ
adoptedBy	World Trade Organization ⓘ
appliesTo	General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ surface form: GATS General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ surface form: GATT 1994 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ⓘ surface form: TRIPS Agreement agreements in Annex 1 of the WTO Agreement ⓘ
basedOn	rules-oriented dispute settlement ⓘ
bindingOn	all WTO members ⓘ
containsProvision	Article 17 (Appellate Review) ⓘ Article 21 (surveillance of implementation) ⓘ Article 22 (compensation and suspension of concessions) ⓘ Article 3 (general provisions and objectives) ⓘ Article 4 (consultations) ⓘ Article 6 (establishment of panels) ⓘ
definesRoleOf	Dispute Settlement Body ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1995-01-01 ⓘ
establishesBody	Dispute Settlement Body ⓘ
governs	settlement of disputes between WTO members ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	DSU ⓘ
hasArticleCount	27 ⓘ
hasOfficialName	Dispute Settlement Understanding self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes
hasShortName	DSU ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalNature	multilateral treaty ⓘ
objective	prompt settlement of disputes ⓘ security and predictability of the multilateral trading system ⓘ
partOf	Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
providesFor	appellate review ⓘ compensation and suspension of concessions ⓘ consultations between WTO members ⓘ establishment of dispute settlement panels ⓘ implementation of rulings ⓘ surveillance of implementation ⓘ
region	global ⓘ
replaced	GATT 1947 dispute settlement practices ⓘ
requires	negative consensus for adoption of Appellate Body reports ⓘ negative consensus for adoption of panel reports ⓘ
setsTimeFramesFor	appeals ⓘ consultations and panel proceedings ⓘ implementation of recommendations ⓘ
subjectMatter	international trade law ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Trade Organization → coreAgreement → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization → includes → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: Annex 2: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

General Agreement on Trade in Services → subjectTo → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO dispute settlement mechanism

Dispute Settlement Understanding → hasOfficialName → Dispute Settlement Understanding self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

Trade Policy Review Mechanism → relatedTo → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO dispute settlement system

Article XX (General Exceptions) → usedIn → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO dispute settlement cases

Uruguay Round (1986–1994) → producedAgreement → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

Dispute Settlement Body → partOf → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Trade Organization dispute settlement system

Dispute Settlement Body → legalBasis → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

Dispute Settlement Body → operatesUnder → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

Marrakesh Agreement → includes → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: Annex 2: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU)

DSU → fullName → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

subject surface form: Dispute Settlement Understanding

this entity surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

Article 4 (consultations) → partOf → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding

Article III:4 → enforcedThrough → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding

WTO panels → legalAuthority → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

WTO panels → regulatedBy → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

Saudi Arabia – Measures Concerning the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (DS567) → governingAgreement → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

WTO Appellate Body → legalBasis → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

WTO Appellate Body → legalBasis → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

DSB → basedOn → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

DSB → legalBasis → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding

DSB → governingDocument → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU)

WTO agreements → include → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

WTO agreements → hasComponent → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: Annex 2 Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

GATT dispute settlement system → reformedInto → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding

WTO dispute settlement → alsoKnownAs → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding

WTO dispute settlement → basedOn → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

WTO dispute settlement → shortName → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

subject surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

United States – Import Prohibition of Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products → agreementInvoked → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

Brazil – Measures Affecting Imports of Retreaded Tyres → agreementInvoked → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

United States – Tax Treatment for “Foreign Sales Corporations” → agreementInvoked → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

United States – Tax Treatment for “Foreign Sales Corporations” → disputeSystem → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding

United States – Measures Concerning the Importation, Marketing and Sale of Tuna and Tuna Products → fallsUnder → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding

Working Procedures for Appellate Review → basedOn → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

Working Procedures for Appellate Review → requiresConsistencyWith → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement → relatedTo → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding

Ukraine (as third party in other disputes citing DS512) → invokesProvision → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding

WTO document WT/DS512/R → disputeSettlementSystem → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding

GATT security exceptions dispute → governedBy → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU)

DS526 → disputeSettlementSystem → Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding