Dispute Settlement Reports 2000: Volume 5, Pages 2235-2620 (World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Reports)

The Dispute Settlement Reports of the World Trade Organization (WTO) include Panel and Appellate Body reports, as well as arbitration awards, in disputes concerning the rights and obligations of WTO members under the provisions of the Marrakesh Agreement. These are the WTO authorized and paginated reports in English. An essential addition to the library of all practising and academic trade lawyers, and needed by students worldwide taking courses in international economic or trade law. Volume V reports on the regime for the importation, sale and distribution of bananas (European Community), patent protection of pharmaceutical products (Canada), taxes on alcoholic beverages (Chile) and imposition of countervailing duties on certain hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel production originating in the UK. The form of citation for this volume recommended by the WTO is DSR 2000: V.