McCulloch, RachelBown, Chad P.2014-09-022014-09-022010-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19938Critical appraisals of the current and potential benefits from developing country engagement in the World Trade Organization (WTO) focus mainly on the Doha Round of negotiations. This paper examines developing country participation in the WTO dispute settlement system to enforce foreign market access rights already negotiated in earlier multilateral rounds. The dispute data from 1995 through 2008 reveal three notable trends: developing countries sustained rate of self-enforcement actions despite declining use of the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) by developed countries, developing countries increased use of the DSU to self-enforce their access to the markets of developing as well as developed country markets, and the prevalence of disputes targeting highly observable causes of lost foreign market access, such as antidumping, countervailing duties, and safeguards. The paper also examines potential impacts of the Advisory Centre on WTO Law (ACWL) into the WTO system in 2001. A close look at the data reveals evidence on at least three channels through which the ACWL may be enhancing developing countries' ability to self-enforce foreign market access: increased initiation of sole-complainant cases, more extensive pursuit of the DSU legal process for any given case, and initiation of disputes over smaller values of lost trade.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGAGREEMENT ON AGRICULTUREAGREEMENT ON TEXTILESAGREEMENT ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIESANTI-DUMPING DUTIESANTI-DUMPING MEASURESAPPELLATE BODYBARRIERCAPACITY BUILDINGCLIENT COUNTRIESCLIENT COUNTRYCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPLIANCE PANELCONSUMER DEMANDCONTRACTING PARTIESCOST REDUCTIONCOUNTERVAILING DUTIESCOUNTERVAILING MEASURESCOUNTRY MARKETCOUNTRY MARKETSCUSTOMSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRYDEVELOPING COUNTRY MARKETSDEVELOPMENT ROUNDDISPUTE RESOLUTIONDISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESSDISPUTE SETTLEMENTDISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCESSDISPUTE SETTLEMENT SYSTEMDOLLAR VALUEDOMESTIC SUPPORTENFORCEMENT MECHANISMENFORCEMENT PROCESSEXPORT DATAEXPORT GROWTHEXPORT MARKETEXPORT MARKETSEXPORT RESTRAINTSEXPORT SALESEXPORT SUBSIDIESEXPORTEREXPORTERSEXPORTING COUNTRIESFINANCIAL SUPPORTFOREIGN GOVERNMENTFOREIGN GOVERNMENTSFOREIGN MARKETIMPORT PROHIBITIONIMPORT PROTECTIONIMPORT RESTRICTIONSIMPORTING COUNTRYINDUSTRIAL SECTORINDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSINTENSIVE INDUSTRIESINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL BUSINESSINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAWINTERNATIONAL TRADEINTERNATIONAL TRADE LAWLEGAL ASSISTANCELEGAL COUNSELLEGAL SYSTEMMARKET ACCESSMARKET ACCESS OPPORTUNITIESMEMBER COUNTRIESMIDDLE-INCOME DEVELOPING COUNTRIESPANEL PROCESSPANEL REPORTPANEL REPORTSPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY CHANGESPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY REFORMPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOOR COUNTRIESPOTENTIAL BENEFITSPRIVATE LAWPROPERTY RIGHTSPROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGIESPUBLIC RECORDSPUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSREGULATORY BARRIERSREPUTATIONROUND AGREEMENTROUND NEGOTIATIONSRULES OF ORIGINSAFEGUARD MEASURESSETTLEMENTSETTLEMENT SYSTEMSMALL CLAIMS PROCEDURETAXTAX TREATMENTTELECOMMUNICATIONSTRADE AGREEMENTSTRADE BARRIERSTRADE DISPUTETRADE DISPUTESTRADE POLICYTRADE RESTRICTIONTRADE RESTRICTIONSTRADINGTRADING PARTNERTRADING PARTNERSTRANSITION ECONOMIESTRANSPARENCYTRIPS AGREEMENTVALUATIONVOLATILITYWORLD ECONOMYWORLD TRADEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTOWTO COMMITMENTSWTO COMPLIANCEWTO MEMBERSWTO MEMBERSHIPWTO RULESWTO SECRETARIAT10.1596/1813-9450-5168