| Abstrakt: |
The WTO is characterized by combining diplomatic control, which is exercised by the higher bodies, and legal control, which is undertaken by the dispute settlement system of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB). However, legal control has prevailed in the decision-making process when compared to decision-making based only on political reasons. If historical circumstances have guided the action and discourse of the WTO, this chapter examines how the organizational structure of the WTO dispute settlement system and its procedural rules reveal the importance of WTO legal discourse, when compared with the strictly diplomatic discourse, reinforcing the authority of the WTO decision-making discourse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
