Fragmentation of International Trade Law Reassessed
Analyzing the Role of PTA-DSMs Based on Their Adjudication of General Exception Clauses
This book explores the fragmentation of international trade law, offering a doctrinal overview of various approaches and their pros and cons. It uses a novel dataset on Preferential Trade Agreements' Dispute Settlement Mechanisms to analyze adjudication of trade liberalization. Findings suggest that these mechanisms lead to equivalent decisions, promoting legal unification.
