A Study on Settlement to Disputes in International Trade

Table of Content
Abstract 1
1. Introduction 2
1.1Significance of this dissertation 2
1.2Aim of this dissertation 4
1.3Objective of this dissertation 5
1.4Sturecture of this dissertation 5
2. Literature review 6
2.1Conception of international trade disputes 7
2.2Settlement of disputes in international trade 8
2.3The WTO 8
2.4International arbitration 15
2.5Free trade agreements 20
3.Methodology 23
3.1Methodology considerations 24
3.2Secondary sources 25
3.3Primary sources 25
3.4 Limitation of this research 26
4. Findings and discussion 26
4.1The WTO settlement 26
4.2The International arbitration 35
4.3The FATs 39
4.4 Summary 41
5.Conclusion 44
Bibliography 44

Abstract

Dispute settlement mechanism (DSM) is a distinctive, new and complex system in the field of contemporary international economic dispute settlement. Every country that involves in the international trade will certainly be affected by the development of the external trade disputes settlement mechanism. So it is very necessary and urgent to study and find out the corresponding measures. In recent years, researches on the dispute settlement mechanism have been attached to great attention. These researches not only affirm the positive functions of the mechanism, but also put forward a good number of corresponding suggestions for the problems exposed in practice. We should not be satisfied with DSM's present achievements, but more important we should point out its defects from the angle of its future development. And that means a lot for us to grasp firmly and comprehensively the present conditions and the future direction of DSM.
Key words: disputes settlement, international trade, WTO, international arbitration, FATs
1. Introduction

1.1Significance of this dissertation