Why should the WTO preserve the consensus rule?

ŘÍHOVÁ, Kateřina. Why should the WTO preserve the consensus rule? Brno: MU, 2008, 4 s. sborník.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Why should the WTO preserve the consensus rule?
• Název česky: Proč by mělo WTO zachovat systém rozhodování souhlasem všech členů?
• Název anglicky: Why should the WTO preserve the consensus rule?
• Autoři: ŘÍHOVÁ, Kateřina.
• Vydání: Brno, 4 s. sborník, 2008.
• Nakladatel: MU

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: čeština
• Typ výsledku: Stať ve sborníku
• Obor: 50500 5.5 Law
• Stát vydavatele: Česká republika
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• Organizační jednotka: Právnická fakulta
• Klíčová slova česky: Světová obchodní organizace, rozhodování formou jednomyslnosti, rozhodování hlasováním,Všeobecná dohoda o clech a obchodu, přijímání rozhodnutí, Doha kolo multilaterálních obchodních jednání, Marrakéšská smlouva, rozvojové země, vyspělé země, role rozhodování
• Klíčová slova anglicky: World Trade Organization, decision making by consensus, decision making by voting, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, decision making, Doha Round, Marrakesh Agreement, developing countries, developed countries, role of decision making
• Příznaky: Mezinárodní význam

Anotace

The World Trade Organization is considered to be one of the most influential organization of the world in 21 st. century. It governs the international trade, provides a forum for trade negotiations of its members and dispose of automated dispute settlement mechanism between its members. The World Trade Organization is an institutional result of Uruguay Round and is considered to be a legal successor to GATT 1947, picking up to its almost fifty years tradition again. Although we have been witnessing the large liberalization of international trade proceeding during the multilateral trade rounds, the current situation is very different. The negotiations in terms of still running Doha Round have been leading into a blind corridor. One of the reason of that situation is the numerous membership of the World Trade Organization reaching currently the number of 153 states and separate custom territory possessing full autonomy in the conduct of its external commercial relations and of other matters and the divergent interest of these members. There is a lack of politic will and the flexibility to solve this situation and the mutual agreement, which would satisfy all participants to that negotiations is unthought to happen. This circumstances don’t make the reaching of some agreement by consensus rule imaginable. Up to now many voices calling for changing the consensus rule for voting. That solution tends to be attractive, but also hides lots of pitfalls. This article is about to convince the reader how important is to preserve the consensus rule.

Anotace anglicky

The World Trade Organization is considered to be one of the most influential organization of the world in 21 st. century. It governs the international trade, provides a forum for trade negotiations of its members and dispose of automated dispute settlement mechanism between its members. The World Trade Organization is an institutional result of Uruguay Round and is considered to be a legal successor to GATT 1947, picking up to its almost fifty years tradition again. Although we have been witnessing the large liberalization of international trade proceeding during the multilateral trade rounds, the current situation is very different. The negotiations in terms of still running Doha Round have been leading into a blind corridor. One of the reason of that situation is the numerous membership of the World Trade Organization reaching currently the number of 153 states and separate custom territory possessing full autonomy in the conduct of its external commercial relations and of other matters and the divergent interest of these members. There is a lack of politic will and the flexibility to solve this situation and the mutual agreement, which would satisfy all participants to that negotiations is unthought to happen. This circumstances don’t make the reaching of some agreement by consensus rule imaginable. Up to now many voices calling for changing the consensus rule for voting. That solution tends to be attractive, but also hides lots of pitfalls. This article is about to convince the reader how important is to preserve the consensus rule.