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WTO Analytical Index: DSU
Dec 2025
Dispute Reports
“The WTO Analytical Index" is an article-by-article guide to the interpretation and application of the WTO agreements by WTO bodies. It covers the jurisprudence of the WTO Appellate Body, panels and arbitrators as well as related decisions and other significant actions taken by other relevant WTO bodies. This publication report covers the DSU.
WTO Analytical Index: GATS
Dec 2025
Dispute Reports
“The WTO Analytical Index" is an article-by-article guide to the interpretation and application of the WTO agreements by WTO bodies. It covers the jurisprudence of the WTO Appellate Body, panels and arbitrators as well as related decisions and other significant actions taken by other relevant WTO bodies. This publication report covers the GATS.
WTO Analytical Index: Customs Valuation Agreement
Dec 2025
Dispute Reports
“The WTO Analytical Index" is an article-by-article guide to the interpretation and application of the WTO agreements by WTO bodies. It covers the jurisprudence of the WTO Appellate Body, panels and arbitrators as well as related decisions and other significant actions taken by other relevant WTO bodies. This publication report covers the Customs Valuation Agreement.
WTO Analytical Index: Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft
Nov 2025
Dispute Reports
“The WTO Analytical Index" is an article-by-article guide to the interpretation and application of the WTO agreements by WTO bodies. It covers the jurisprudence of the WTO Appellate Body, panels and arbitrators as well as related decisions and other significant actions taken by other relevant WTO bodies. This publication report covers the Aircraft.
WTO Analytical Index: Anti-Dumping Agreement
Nov 2025
Dispute Reports
“The WTO Analytical Index" is an article-by-article guide to the interpretation and application of the WTO agreements by WTO bodies. It covers the jurisprudence of the WTO Appellate Body, panels and arbitrators as well as related decisions and other significant actions taken by other relevant WTO bodies. This publication report covers the Anti-Dumping.
WTO Analytical Index: Agreement on Agriculture
Nov 2025
Dispute Reports
“The WTO Analytical Index" is an article-by-article guide to the interpretation and application of the WTO agreements by WTO bodies. It covers the jurisprudence of the WTO Appellate Body, panels and arbitrators as well as related decisions and other significant actions taken by other relevant WTO bodies. This publication report covers the Agriculture.
The state of global services trade policies: evidence from recent data
Nov 2025
Working Paper
The economic environment for services trade has changed dramatically over the past 15 years, driven by rapid technological progress that has expanded the possibilities for exchanging services. How has trade policy responded to these changes? How do policy stances in a wide range of service sectors compare across economies?
The impact of decarbonization on trade
Oct 2025
Working Paper
In this paper we explore the impact of decarbonization on international trade and development employing a recursive dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE).
Through the looking glass: artificial intelligence, international trade, and economic growth in the long run
Oct 2025
Working Paper
This paper studies the macroeconomic impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) using a quantitative trade model with multiple sectors, multiple factors of production, and intermediate linkages.
Measuring global trade policy activity
Oct 2025
Working Paper
This paper introduces the Trade Policy Activity (TPA) Index, a novel indicator measuring evolving global trade policy dynamics since the Global Financial Crisis. Using a Dynamic Factor Model on comprehensive trade policy data covering 197 countries and territories, we document a structural shift around 2019 with a substantial expansion in the use of trade policies.
Great expectations: Quantifying the potential economic impact of the WTO agreement on E-Commerce
Sept 2025
Working Paper
As digital trade becomes an increasingly vital component of the global economy, identifying the impact of wider international cooperation on digital trade issues becomes a growing policy imperative. This paper seeks to provide a quantitative analysis of the potential economic impacts of concluding the WTO Agreement on E-commerce (AoE).
Introduction
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The WTO Agreements Series
Sept 2025
Chapter
The WTO Agreement on Agriculture entered into force when the World Trade Organization (WTO) came into being on 1 January 1995. Its main objective is to reform agricultural trade to bring it closer to competitive market conditions, but it also serves other objectives.
The WTO Agreements Series
Agriculture - Fourth edition
Sept 2025
Book
This new edition provides an introduction to the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture, outlining its key principles, the work of the Agriculture Committee, and how disputes have interpreted WTO law on agriculture. This publication forms part of the WTO Agreements Series, which aims to assist understanding of WTO agreements. Other publications in the series include Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade.
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