Overview of WTO Jurisprudence in 2017

Abstract

This article presents an overview of the World Trade Organization (WTO) disputes adopted by the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) in 2017. These disputes are the panel reports in Canada – Welded Pipe, EU – Poultry Meat (China), China – Cellulose Pulp, and Indonesia – Chicken and the panel and Appellate Body Reports in Russia – Pigs (EU), US – Anti-Dumping Methodologies (China), US – Tax Incentives, EU – Fatty Alcohols (Indonesia), and Indonesia – Import Licensing Regimes. On each of these cases, the article provides an overview of the key panel and Appellate Body findings. It also provides observations on the most salient points expressed by the panel or the Appellate Body in some of the reports. This article reports on the disputes chronologically, by order of their date of adoption by the DSU.