Document Type
Article
Abstract
This paper seeks to address special interpretive issues raised by the China Accession Protocol, focusing on provisions that prescribe more stringent rules for China than generally applicable WTO disciplines. These ‘WTO-plus’ provisions have already been involved in several WTO disputes. In the light of these disputes, the paper analyzes the interpretive challenge presented by the Protocol and suggests that, to meet the challenge, WTO adjudicators need to embrace a more holistic and systemic interpretive approach. The paper then proposes three working principles that may help to interpret the WTO-plus provisions of the Protocol in a coherent and systematic manner.
Disciplines
Antitrust and Trade Regulation | International Law | International Trade Law | Law | Transnational Law
Recommended Citation
Julia Ya Qin, The Challenge of Interpreting 'WTO-Plus' Provisions, 44 J. World Trade 127 (2010).
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