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FTA Panel Review Decisions

  • LEXIS (ITRADE; USCFTA) If using the web version, select "International Trade" from the Source Directory.
  • Westlaw (NAFTA-BIP includes FTA panel decisions from 1/89-4/94).
  • North American Free Trade Agreements (Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana, 1992-) [KF6668.N62 1992 N66].
  • International Trade Reporter (Washington, D.C.:BNA, 1954-) [KF1975.A15 I57]. Also available on LEXIS, WESTLAW, and on the BNA Publications database through the Law Library web site.  Mostly summaries. (UCB only).To access from home, be sure to set the proxy settings on your browser. Once the proxy settings have been set, you will be prompted for your CALNET user id and passphrase.
  • Summaries are published in the Federal Register (Washington, DC: Office of the Federal Regiser, 1936-) [KF70 .A2].
  • Organization of American States Foreign Trade Information System.
  • NAFTA Secretariat, FTA Panels.

NAFTA Panel Decisions

GATT/WTO Panel Reports

  • Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD) (Geneva: GATT, 1953-) [KJ689.C764 B37]. Also available on Lexis.
  • WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (Lanham, MD: Bernan Press, 2003-) [on order].
  • LEXIS (ITRADE; GTTWTO) If using the web version, select "International Trade" or "International Law" from the Source Directory.
  • Westlaw (IEL or WTO-DEC).
  • Handbook of WTO/GATT Dispute Settlement (Irvigton-on-Hudson, New York : Transnational Juris Publications, 1991-) [on order].
  • International Trade Law Reports (London: Cameron May, 1996-) [KJ689.A12 I58].
  • International Trade Reporter (Washington, D.C.:BNA, 1954-) [KF1975.A15 I57]. Also available on LEXIS, WESTLAW, and on the BNA Publications database through the Law Library web site.  Mostly summaries. (UCB only). To access from home, be sure to set the proxy settings on your browser. Once the proxy settings have been set, you will be prompted for your CALNET user id and passphrase.
  • Summaries are published in the Federal Register(Washington, DC: Office of the Federal Regiser, 1936-) [KF70 .A2].
  • WTO web site: Panel and Appellate Body Reports.
  • Law and Practice of the World Trade Organization (New York: Oceana, 1995-) [K4600 .L38]. Three volumes on dispute resolution.
  • Organization of American States Foreign Trade Information System, GATT reports (1948-1994) and
    WTO reports (1996-present)
  • World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Decisions: Bernan's Annotated Reporter (Lanham, MD: Bernan Press, 1998-) [K4601.4 .W67].  This set is annotated and is not considered official.
  • Dispute Settlement Reports (Cambridge; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press ; [Geneva] : World Trade Organization, c2000-). [K4601.4 .W68].  This set is not annotated and is considered the "official" WTO version.
  • Worldtradelaw.net. All of the GATT and WTO panel dispute settlement reports are available from this site in PDF (freely available). You can search all of the GATT and WTO reports using one convenient search mechanism. Of particular interest are the dispute settlement commentaries (UCB only). These documents summarize and provide detailed analysis of all WTO Panel and Appellate Body Reports. To access from home, be sure to set the proxy settings on your browser. Once the proxy settings have been set, you will be prompted for your CALNET user id and passphrase.
  • WTO - Dispute Panel Decisions (World Trade Online) (UCB only). These documents summarize and provide detailed analysis of all WTO Panel and Appellate Body Reports. To access from home, be sure to set the proxy settings on your browser. Once the proxy settings have been set, you will be prompted for your CALNET user id and passphrase.

Prepared by Marci Hoffman, International and Foreign Law Librarian, UC Berkeley Law Library, January 2004.

email: webmaster-library@law.berkeley.edu Last modified on August 07, 2005.