Trade

World Trade Organization The official site of the WTO offers extensive collection of WTO documentation including legal texts, panel and appellate reports, and much more. Informational emails with WTO news are available to those who register. The Documents Online is a searchable electronic archive of WTO materials.

GATT Digital Library: 1947-1994 At present this site provides access to over 30,000 public documents and 200 publications of the GATT. The public documents include reports, studies, and meeting records covering a broad range of topics related to international trade in the post-war period. Each document bears a unique symbol number and the entire collection is searchable by a range of fields including symbol, date, keyword in title, and organization name. The site requires a free registration process to access the full-text PDF materials.

WorldTradeLaw.net: The Online Source for World Trade Law provides dispute settlement commentaries for the WTO panel and appellate body resports Database accessible to Georgetown Law community only.

Researching International Trade Law (Georgetown University Law Library) is a guide focusing on both print and electronic resources on international trade law.

Hong Kong 2005: A Short Guide to Researching the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference (Georgetown University Law Library) is a guide focusing on the Sixth Ministerial Conference, past Ministerials, and general international trade law research materials.

Guidelines for Finding and Citing Paper Sources for GATT/WTO Documents is a guide designed by University of Minnesota Law Library. It explains how to find and cite WTO/GATT documents.

WTO and GATT Research, by Jeanne Rehberg, is a detailed guide on how to conduct WTO/GATT research, with suggestions to both print and electronic resources. Highlights useful sources for researching travaux préparatoires (history and interpretation of trade agreements).

Revised Guide to International Trade Law Sources on the Internet (LLRX), by Marci Hoffman, is a detailed guide focuing on sources on the Internet.

Bibliography on the World Trade Organization includes bibliographic entries of journal articles, books, book chapters, and documents on WTO-related topics added since the summer of 2003. Some of the materials included are available in full-text. There is also an older bibliography, updated through summer of 2003. The bibliography is maintained by the Peace Palace Library.

World Trade Online database is an electronic service providing access to the latest in trade news. The latest issue of Inside U.S. Trade is available with full searching for previous issues back to 1993. The site also boasts of having 25,000 documents and reports from around the world. Database accessible to Georgetown Law community only.

World Trade Reporter is a daily publication by BNA on new developments about the WTO. Database accessible to Georgetown Law community only.

Institute of International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution. There are full text working papers, policy briefs, testimony, and hot topics. Search "WTO" in the search engine to retrieve all relevant items. The Areas of Expertise section provides a list of researchers by topic

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) was established in Geneva in September 1996 to contribute to a better understanding of development and environment concerns in the context of international trade. As an independent non-profit and non-governmental organisation, ICTSD engages a broad range of actors in ongoing dialogue about trade and sustainable development.

Trade Observatory is a project of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. IATP’s mission is to create environmentally and economically sustainable communities and regions through sound agriculture and trade policy. There are some working papers posted from around the world which offer a countering viewpoint to WTO issues.

Full Text of International Instruments

Final Act & Agreement Establishing the WTO 1867 UNTS 154; 33 ILM 1144

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 1867 UNTS 187, 33 ILM 1153 (1994)

General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) 33 ILM 1167 (1994)

Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (WTO) 1869 UNTS 401, 33 ILM 1226 (1994)

Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
1869 UNTS 299, 33 ILM 1197 (1994)

DOHA WTO Ministerial Declaration WT/MIN(01)DEC/1

WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) 1867 UNTS 493

Government Documents

Export-Import Bank of the U.S. Useful Links This site links to several U.S. government agencies and their suggested resources on international trade.

Cases

GATT Panel Reports (OAS Trade Unit)

WorldTradeLaw.net: The Online Source for World Trade Law provides dispute settlement commentaries for the WTO panel and appellate body resports Database accessible to Georgetown Law community only.

WTO Panel and Appellate Reports

WTO Dispute Settlement: One-Page Case Summaries Provides concise summaries of cases from 1995 to September 2006.