WTO Monitoring Mechanism: Law and Practice

Author: Zhang Junqi
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: To ensure and promote the compliance of its members with WTO legal rules, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has established a comprehensive monitoring mechanism. This mechanism constitutes an important part of the overall operational system of the WTO. This book primarily discusses the significant role of the monitoring mechanism in achieving the objectives of the WTO. It analyzes the fundamental issues of the WTO's monitoring mechanism from a macro perspective, including the objectives and subjects of supervision, the entities and institutions involved, the procedures and structure of supervision. It provides an in-depth analysis and insightful commentary on various international monitoring procedures under the WTO system, as well as review procedures, trade policy review mechanisms, and dispute settlement mechanisms, which form the core content of the book. Particularly, it offers pertinent opinions and suggestions in a dedicated chapter on how, after China's accession to the WTO, the country must, on one hand, fulfill its obligations under the WTO agreements in terms of supervision, and on the other hand, actively participate in and utilize the WTO monitoring mechanism to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.