GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement Practice Relating to GATT Article XX, Paragraphs (b), (d) and (g)

application/msword iconGATT/WTO Dispute Settlement Practice Relating to GATT Article XX, Paragraphs (b), (d) and (g)

WTO Secretariat, 2002

A note by the WTO Secretariat to the Committee on Trade and Environment to provide background on settlement disputes that have invoked the exception Article XX of the GATT. The note provides an overview of relevant applications of the exceptions under Article XX and an overview of cases that have gone to the WTO Dispute Resolution Body regarding environmental policy.