Web Links

Marginal URLs:

• p. 834: Go to http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/statis_e.htm for the World Trade Organization's most recent data on world trade.
• p. 836: Go to http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/ for data on U.S. trade with all other nations of the world.
• p. 844: Go to http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=1133&seqyebce=0&from=1 for a Congressional Budget Office review of antidumping actions in the United States and around the world.
• p. 789: Go to http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/rpts/eptp/2001/ to take a look at the U.S. State Department's reports on economic policy and trade practices.

• To learn more about rules of origin, go to http://www.iceg.org/ne_pubs.cfm. Click on policy brief #0012 for the PDF reading on rules of origin.
• To see how complicated rules of origin can be, take a look at information on rules of origin for the North American Free Trade Agreement via the link at http://tcc.export.gov/Trade_Agreements/All_Trade_Agreements/NAFTA_Part2_Chapter4.asp.

How the World Trade Organization Settles Trade Disputes

A key function of the WTO is to adjudicate trade disagreements that arise among nations. This application helps you learn about the process that the WTO follows when considering international trade disputes.

Title: The World Trade Organization: Settling Trade Disputes

Navigation: Go to http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/disp1_e.htm to access the WTO's Web page titled Understanding the WTO: Settling Disputes.

Application: Read the article; then answer the following questions.

1. As the article discusses, settling trade disputes often takes at least a year. What aspects of the WTO's dispute settlement process take the longest time?

2. Does the WTO actually "punish" a country it finds has broken international trading agreements? If not, who does impose sanctions?