'Interim Agreements' under Article XXIV GATT

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Lorand Bartels

University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law

Date Written: December 10, 2009

Abstract

This note looks at the WTO rules and procedures applicable to the implementation period of regional trade agreements on trade in goods. In addition, it highlights some differences between law and practice and explores the implications of these divergences. Where the GATT and subsequent instruments draw a distinction between ‘full’ regional trade agreements and ‘interim’ agreements, in practice all agreements are notified as ‘full’ agreements with an implementation period. It analyses the possibility that this deviation from the law, now sanctioned in the 2006 Transparency Decision, might have some practical implications for the regulation of regional trade agreements in the WTO.

Keywords: WTO, GATT, interim agreements, Article XXIV

JEL Classification: K33

Suggested Citation

Bartels, Lorand, 'Interim Agreements' under Article XXIV GATT (December 10, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3501639 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3501639

Lorand Bartels (Contact Author)

University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law ( email )

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Cambridge, CB3 9DZ
United Kingdom

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