Diplomacy and the Settlement of International Trade Disputes
| Autor: | Julia Gray, Philip B. K. Potter |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
021110 strategic
defence & security studies Dispute settlement Sociology and Political Science business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Legal recourse 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies World trade 02 engineering and technology International trade General Business Management and Accounting Dispute resolution 0506 political science Argument Political science Political Science and International Relations Conflict resolution 050602 political science & public administration Settlement (litigation) business Diplomacy Shadow (psychology) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Conflict Resolution. 64:1358-1389 |
| ISSN: | 1552-8766 0022-0027 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0022002719900004 |
| Popis: | How do countries settle disputes in the shadow of the law? Even in the presence of legalized dispute settlement, countries still rely on diplomatic channels to resolve conflicts. But it can be difficult to assess diplomacy’s impact on dispute resolution because those channels tend to be opaque. We present both an original theory of the impact of diplomacy on dispute resolution and a novel measure of diplomacy. If countries with close or, conversely, distant relationships use legal channels for dispute resolution, diplomacy will have little impact on dispute settlement; resorting to legal recourse among friends or adversaries likely means that the dispute is intractable. However, diplomacy can increase the chances of settlement between countries with moderate levels of affinity. We test this argument using a protocol-based proxy for diplomatic interactions—gifts given at the occasion of meetings between diplomatic counterparts—that would otherwise be difficult to observe. Using the case of the United States and its disputes in the World Trade Organization, we find support for our argument. This suggests that even when countries resort to legalized methods of dispute settlement, bilateral dealmaking still plays an important role. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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