WTO Releases Updated "One-Page Case Summaries" Covering
225 Dispute Settlement Cases
The WTO has issued a new edition of WTO Dispute Settlement: One-Page
Case Summaries, a regularly updated publication that provides succinct
summaries of every panel and Appellate Body report adopted by the WTO's Dispute
Settlement Body (DSB) and every arbitration decision or award notified to the
DSB up to the end of 2025. The publication also includes summaries of panel
reports circulated to WTO members and published on the WTO website that have
not yet been adopted by the DSB, as they remain subject to pending appeals.
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The
World Trade Organization
(WTO) has released a new
edition of "WTO Dispute Settlement: One-Page Case Summaries."
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The
publication provides concise
summaries of:
o Every Panel Report and Appellate Body Report
adopted by the Dispute Settlement
Body (DSB).
o Every arbitration decision or award
notified to the DSB up to the end
of 2025.
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It
also includes panel
reports circulated to WTO members that are yet to be adopted
because they are under pending
appeals.
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Each
one-page summary contains:
o Core facts of the dispute.
o Key findings of the report.
o Other significant aspects of
the case.
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Fourteen
new cases
have been added since the 2023
edition.
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The
publication now covers a total of 225
WTO dispute settlement cases.
·
Cases
are arranged in chronological
order for easy reference.
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The
publication also includes:
o An index by WTO Agreement.
o An index by the WTO Member responding to
the complaint.
<WTO Dispute Settlement: One-Page
Case Summaries>
[ABS News Service/08.07.2026]
Each one-page summary comprises the
core facts, the key findings contained in the reports and any other matters of
particular significance. Fourteen cases have been added since the 2023 edition,
bringing the total number of cases covered by the publication to 225.
The disputes are presented in
chronological order. Two indexes list the disputes by WTO agreement and by WTO
member responding to the complaint.