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Abridged GATT and WTO Panel & Appellate Body Reports

The following GATT and WTO Panel and Appellate Body Reports are used by Professor Jackson in his International Trade Course and WTO Dispute Settlement Seminar.  These Reports have been abridged by Professors Jackson and Davey, and IIEL Fellows, for use as supplementary materials for students.  Since Panel and Appellate Body Reports are often extraordinarily lengthy, courses generally will need abridged versions so that key cases can be covered in a limited period of time.

The abridged cases posted on this page can be used freely for educational purposes.  Since the abridged versions are provided in MS Word format, teachers are invited to edit a report further if they want a shorter version, or to add specific paragraphs from the full versions.  They are listed here in reverse chronological order.

Scholars are encouraged to visit the Dispute Settlement Gateway on the WTO website, which provides a chronological list of WTO disputes and periodic updates on the status of each dispute (see WTO document series WT/DS?OV/*).

 

Short Title

DS Number / Report Type

Adoption Date

Links to Abridged & Full Versions

WTO Panel and Appellate Body Reports

US -Zeroing (Japan)

DS322
(AB Report)

23 Jan 2007

Abridged Version
Full Version

EC – Approval and Marketing of Biotech Products

DS291, 292, 293
(Panel Report)

21 Nov 2006

Abridged Version
Full Version Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8; Part 9; Part 10; Part 11; Part 12

EC - Selected Customs Matters

DS315
(AB Report)

11 Dec 2006

 

Abridged Version
Full Version

EC – Selected
Customs Matters

DS315
(Panel Report)

 

11 Dec 2006

Abridged Version
Full Version Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8

US - Zeroing (EC)

DS294                      (AB Report)

9 May 2006

Abridged Version
Full Version

Mexico - Taxes on Soft Drinks

DS308                     (AB Report)

24 March 2006

Abridged Version
Full Version

Mexico - Taxes on Soft Drinks

DS308                     (Panel Report)

24 March 2006

Abridged Version
Full Version Part 1; Part 2

EC - Chicken Cuts

 

DS269, 286              (AB Report)

 

27 Sept 2005

 

Abridged Version
Full Version

EC - Export Subsidies on Sugar

 

DS265, DS266, DS283                     (AB Report)

 

19 May 2005

 

Abridged Version
Full Version

US - Gambling

DS285                     (AB Report)

20 April 2005

Abridged Version
Full Version

Canada - Wheat Exports and Grain Imports

 

DS276                     (AB Report)

 

27 Sept 2004

 

Abridged Version
Full Version

US - Softwood Lumber V

 

DS264                     (AB Report)

 

31 Aug 2004

 

Abridged Version
Full Version

EC - Tariff Preferences

 

DS246                     (AB Report)

 

20 April 2004

 

Shorter Abridged Version
Longer Abridged Version
Full Version

US - Softwood Lumber IV

DS257                     (AB Report)

17 Feb 2004

Abridged Version
Full Version

US – Steel Safeguards

DS248, 249, 251, 252, 253, 254, 258, 259
(AB Report)

10 Dec 2003

Abridged Version
Full Version

US – Steel Safeguards

DS248, 249, 251, 252, 253, 254, 258, 259
(Panel Report)

10 Dec 2003

Abridged Version
Full Version Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8; Part 9; Part 10; Part 11; Part 12; Part 13; Part 14; Part 15

Japan – Apples

DS245
(AB Report)

10 Dec 2003

Abridged Version
Full Version

Japan – Apples

DS245
(Panel Report)

10 Dec 2003

Abridged Version
Full Version

US – Offset Act
(Byrd Amendment )

DS217, 234
(AB Report)

27 Jan 2003

Shorter Abridged Version
Longer Abridged Version
Full Version

US – Countervailing Measures on Certain EC Products

DS212
(AB Report)

8 Jan 2003

Shorter Abridged Version
Longer Abridged Version
Full Version

US - Countervailing Measures on Certain EC Products

DS212                     (Panel Report)

8 Jan 2003

Abridged Version
Full Version

EC – Sardines

DS231
(AB Report)

23 Oct 2002

Abridged Version
Full Version

Chile - Price Band System

DS207                     (AB Report)

23 Oct 2002

Abridged Version
Full Version

US - FSC            (Article 22.6 - US)

DS108                     (Decision by Arbitrator)

30 Aug 2002

Abridged Version
Full Version

US -Section 211 Appropriations Act

DS176
(AB Report)

1 Feb 2002

 

Abridged Version
Full Version

US – Shrimp
(Article 21.5 – Malaysia)

DS58
(21.5 AB Report)

21 Nov 2001

Abridged Version
Full Version

EC – Asbestos

DS135
(AB Report)

5 Apr 2001

Abridged Version
Full Version

EC - Bed Linen

DS141                     (AB Report)

12 Mar 2001

Abridged Version
Full Version

US – Wheat Gluten

DS166
(AB Report)

19 Jan 2001

Abridged Version
Full Version

Korea - Various Measures on Beef

DS161, 169              (AB Report)

10 Jan 2001

Abridged Version
Full Version

US – 1916 Act

DS136, 162
(AB Report)

26 Sep 2000

Abridged Version
Full Version

US – FSC

DS108
(AB Report)

20 Mar 2000

Abridged Version
Full Version

US – Section 301 Trade Act

DS152
(Panel Report)

27 Jan 2000

Abridged Version
Full Version

Canada - Dairy

 

DS103, 113                 (AB Report)

27 Oct 1999

 

Abridged Version
Full Version

Brazil - Aircraft

DS46                      (AB Report)

20 Aug 1999

Abridged Version
Full Version

Brazil - Aircraft

DS46                      (Panel Report)

20 Aug 1999

Abridged Version
Full Version

US – Shrimp

DS58
(AB Report)

6 Nov 1998

Abridged Version
Full Version

US – Shrimp

DS58
(Panel Report)

6 Nov 1998

Abridged Version
Full Version WordPerfect Part 1; Part 2; Part 3
Full Version MS Word Part 1*; Part 2*; Part 3*

EC - Computer Equipment

DS62, 67, 68               (AB Report)

22 June 1998

Abridged Version
Full Version

EC – Bananas III

DS27
(AB Report)

25 Sep 1997

Abridged Version
Full Version WordPerfect
Full Version MS Word*

Canada – Periodicals

DS 31
(AB Report)

30 Jul 1997

Abridged Version
Full Version WordPerfect
Full Version MS Word*

Japan – Alcoholic Beverages II

DS8, 10, 1
(AB Report)

1 Nov 1996

Abridged Version
Full Version WordPerfect
Full Version MS Word*

US – Gasoline

DS2
(AB Report)

20 May 1996

Abridged Version
Full Version WordPerfect
Full Version MS Word
*

GATT 1947 Panel Reports

U.S. Taxes on
Automobiles

Panel Report

Circulated 29 Sep 1994 not adopted

Abridged Version
Full version

Restrictions on Imports of Tuna ("Tuna Dolphin")

Panel Report

Circulated 16 Jun 1994 not adopted

Abridged Version
Full Version

*These files were converted from WTO WordPerfect files. Due to the conversion process, page numbers and formatting may not be accurate, but text and paragraph numbers are.
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28 May 2009