This guide is an outline of University of Wisconsin campus and electronic sources that are
integral to the research of the activities, functions, and legal instruments of the World Trade
Organization and, to a lesser extent, GATT. While the emphasis here is on materials that cover
the WTO and the Uruguay Round, sources that do not necessarily deal directly with the WTO but
are likely to assist the researcher in finding information about or understanding some aspect of
the WTO are also included.
Abbreviations Used in this Guide
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Agreements/ Organizations
GATT- General Agreement on Tarriffs and
Trade
GATS - General Agreement on Trades and
Services
IMRD- Information and Media Relations
Division, World Trade Organization
SPS - (WTO Agreement on) Sanitary and
Phytosanitary Measures
TBT - (WTO Agreement on ) Technical
Barriers to Trade
TRIMS (WTO Agreement on) Trade -Related
Investment Matters
TRIPS - (WTO Agreement on) Trade-Related
Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
USITC - United States International Trade
Commission WTO - World Trade Organization |
Law Library Locations
EW - East Wing
Per - Periodicals Collection, 3rd Floor
Ref - Reference Collection, 5th Floor, West
Wing
Res - Reserve, Circulation Desk, 5th Floor,
South Wing
SW - South Wing WW- West Wing |
II. Overviews and Analyses of GATT/WTO
An Anatomy of the World Trade Organization (Kluwer Law International) - Memorial Library
Ref K /4600/A73/1997
Corporate Counsel's Guide : Laws of International Trade (Business Laws) [1986 - ] -
KF/390/B8/C67
Volume 1, Chapter 210 contains an overview of the WTO. For references to discussion of
particular aspects of the WTO, see the heading "World Trade Organization" in Volume 5,
Finding Aids Tab, Subject Index.
Development, Trade, and the WTO : A Handbook (World Bank) - HF/1385/D48/2002; Reserve
HF/1385/D48/2002
Guide to the WTO and Developing Countries (Kluwer Law International) - K/3820/G35/2000
Whose Trade Organization? : A Comprehensive Guide to the WTO (New Press)- College Library
The World Trade Organization In Brief (WTO),
http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/doload_e/inbr_e.pdf
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade : a Commentary (Oxford University Press) -
K/4600/M388/2005
Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO legal system (Oxford University Press) - K/4610/R44
2006
The Regulation of International Trade. 2nd ed. (Routledge)- K/3943 /T74/1999
Tariff Negotiations and Renegotiations Under the GATT and the WTO : Procedures and
Practices (Cambridge University Press) 2001 - On Order at Law Library, Ask Librarian for
Status
Trade and the Developing World in the 21st Century (Transnational Publishers) - HF/1379/C37
2001
The World Trade Organization : Law, Practice, and Policy (Oxfored University Press) - K/4610
A31994/M38/2003
The WTO and International Trade Regulation (Cameron May) - K/3943/Z9/W25/1998
Guide to GATT Law and Practice: Analytical Index (WTO) Updated 6th ed. 2v. - K/4602.2
/1995 ; Ref K4602.2 1995
LEXIS: INTLAW;GATT
Contains the full texts of the Uruguay Round agreements and other legal instruments. Check the
LEXIS Directory of Online Services for currency and coverage.
WESTLAW: GATT
WorldTradeLaw.Net: GATT/WTO and NAFTA Decisions and Legal Instruments -
Status of Legal Instruments/ World Trade Organization (WTO) [1997- ] - Ref HF/1721/ C57
LEG/1 1997
C. Guides to Agreements and the Uruguay Round
The GATT Negotiations : A Business Guide to the Results of the Uruguay Round (International
Chamber of Commerce Publishing) - HF/1721/K83/1994
Guide to the Uruguay Round Agreements/WTO Secretariat (Kluwer Law International) -
K4603/1987/G85/1999
An Introduction to the WTO Agreements : [Trade and Development Issues and the World Trade
Organisation] (Zed Books) - Memorial Library HF/1713/D33/1998
The GATT Uruguay Round : A Negotiating History, 1986-1992. v. 1-2, Commentary (Kluwer
Law and Taxation Publishers) - K/4603/1987/G38 /1993
The New Rules of Global Trade: A Guide to the World Trade Organization (Carswell) -
K/4600/T46/1998
For titles which focus on GATS, see section F. For TRIPS, see section G.
The WTO Telecom Agreement : Engineering the Global Information Highway (Center for
Strategic and International Studies : Global Information Infrastructure Commission) - Memorial
Library ZA/3203/W86/1997
F. General Agreement on Trades and Services
GATS 2000: New Directions in Services Trade (Center for Business and Government, Harvard
University) - Memorial Library Oversize Shelving HD/9980.6 G37 2000
GATS, the General Agreement on Trade in Services : A Guide for Business (Office for Official
Publications of the European Communities) - Memorial Library HF/1379/G375/1995
Guide to the GATS : An Overview of Issues for Further Liberalization of Trade in Services
Opening Markets in Financial Services and the Role of the GATS (WTO) - HG/3881/O64/1997
Services Trade and the Uruguay Round : An Issue Overview (Congressional Research Service,
Library of Congress) 1995 - Memorial Library Micro Fiche 5628 95-1169
Trade in Services : Negotiating Issues and Approaches (OECD) - Memorial Library HD/9980.6/
T73/2001
G. Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
Copyright and the GATT : An Interpretation and Legislative history of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act : 1995 Supplement to Copyright Law and Practice (Bureau of National Affairs) -
KF/2994/ P345/1995
From GATT to TRIPS: The Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
(Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law) -
K/1401/Z9/F76/1996
GATS 2000: New Directions in Services Trade (Center for Business and Government, Harvard
University) - Memorial Library HD/9980.6/G37/2000
International Trade Policy : A Contemporary Analysis (Routledge) - Memorial Library
HF/1411/G719 1996
The TRIPS Agreement and Developing Countries, United Nations Conference on Trade and
International Business Transactions in a Nutshell, 7th ed.(Thompson/West) - Res
K/3943/W54/2004
International Trade and Economic Relations in a Nutshell, 3rd ed. (Thompson/West) - Reserve
K/3943/ F64/2004
The Political Economy of the World Trading System : The WTO and Beyond. 2nd ed. (Oxford
University Press) - Memorial Library HF/1359/ H64/2001
Trading into the Future: The World Trade Organization 2nd ed. (WTO),
http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/doload_e/tif.pdf
HF/1385/W347/2004; Memorial Library HF/1385/W347/2004
B. Selected Treatises
Challenges and prospects for the WTO (Cameron May) - K/4610/M58/2005
Good faith in the Jurisprudence of the WTO : The Protection of Legitimate Expectations, Good
Faith Interpretation and Fair Dispute Settlement (Hart) - K/4610 P36/2006
Guide to the WTO and GATT : Economics, Law and Politics. (Kluwer Law International) -
K/4610/K68/2005
The Jurisprudence of GATT and the WTO : Insights on Treaty Law and Economic Relations
(Cambridge University Press) - K/4602.2 /2000a
The EU, the WTO and the NAFTA : Towards a Common Law of International trade? (Oxford
University Press) - K/1004.8/E9/2000
Lawmaking Under the Trade Constitution : A Study in Legislating by the World Trade
Organization (Kluwer Law International) - K/4602.2/ 2000
Restructuring the GATT System (Council on Foreign Relations) - K/4602.2/1990a
Sovereignty, the WTO and Changing Fundamentals of International Law (Cambridge University
Press)S - K/4610/J33/2006
WTO in the Twenty-First Century : Dispute Settlement, Negotiations, and Regionalism in Asia
(Cambridge University Press) - K/4610/W78/2007
World Trade Law : the GATT-WTO System, Regional Arrangements, and U.S. Law (Lexis Law
Publishing) - K/3943/B48/1998
The World Trade Organization : Constitution and Jurisprudence (Royal Institute of International
Affairs) - K4603/1994 /J33/1998
The World Trading System: The Uruguay Round and Beyond (Macmillan/St. Martin's) -
HF/1713/M366/1998b
The WTO as an International Organization (University of Chicago Press) - HF/1385 /W78/1996
III. WTO/GATT Agreements and Other Legal Instruments*
*See also Section V, Dispute Resolution Under the WTO
A. Full Text Sources
Basic Instruments and Selected Documents, Supplement (GATT) 42 v. - Ref K4603 1947 A46
B38 Suppl.; also Memorial Library Reference, CD-ROM (GATT Basic Instruments and Selected
Documents); also LEXIS , INTLAW;BISD
This annual presents the principal agreements, decisions, resolutions, recommendations and
reports adopted by the GATT Contracting Parties each year. Covers the entire history of GATT,
1952-1994.
"The Dunkel Draft" from the GATT Secretariat : Draft Final Act Embodying the Results of the
Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, 20 December 1991, Multilateral Trade
Negotiations, the Uruguay Round, Trade Negotiations Committee (W.S. Hein) - K/4603/1986/
A3/1992
Contains a "final draft act" put out in 1991 by Arthur Dunkel, Secretary General of GATT, which
covers all aspects of the Uruguay Round
Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations
(Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President), 1994 - Res PREX
1.2: EM 1
GATT Digital Library
http://gatt.stanford.edu/page/home
A collaborative efforts between the WTO and Stanford University Libraries and Academic
Information Resources (SULAIR). Offers access to GATT documents, as well information
related to the treaty. Covers 1947-1994.
Includes text, interpretation and drafting history of the GATT agreement.
Law & Practice of the World Trade Organization, Treaties binder (Oceana Publications)
1995-1997 - K/4600/L38
Contains the full texts of the WTO Agreements, along with related ministerial decisions,
declarations and understandings. Not kept up- to-date after July 1997.
Law & Practice Under the GATT (Oceana Publications) - K/4602.2/1987
This three volume set contains GATT documents and commentaries, including discussion of the
Uruguay Round. Publication ceased after 1994. Continued by Law & Practice of the World
Trade Organization.
Legal Texts: The WTO Agreements (WTO),
http://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/legal_e.htm
Links to the full text of the final act of the Uruguay Round , agreements, ministerial decisions and
more.
The GATT Uruguay Round : A Negotiating History, 1986-1992, vol.3, Documents (Kluwer Law
and Taxation Publishers) - K/4603/1987/G38 /1993
Multilateral Agreements : WTO/GATT (Organization of American States - SICE Foreign Trade
Information System),
http://www.sice.oas.org/tradee.asp#WTO/GATT
Contains the full texts of the Uruguay Round Agreements and other legal instruments. Check
WESTLAW Database Directory for currency and coverage.
http://www.worldtradelaw.net/
A comprehensive legal research tool for WTO dispute settlement. Features include
summary/analysis of all reports/arbitrations; up-to-date keyword index; and a database of dispute
settlement tables/statistics. Accessible inside the UW Law School building or remotely by UW
Law School students, faculty, and staff.
B. Status of Agreements
Status of Legal Instruments (GATT) 1971-1993 - Ref HF/1721/C57/LEG/1
Records GATT agreements and other legal instruments, along with the date of signing and entry
into force.
Records GATT/WTO agreements and other legal instruments, along with the date of signing and
entry into force. Latest update in April, 1998.
Guide to GATT Law and Practice : Analytical Index (WTO) - K/4602.2 /1995
Includes text, interpretation and drafting history of GATT. Chapter entitled "Institutions and
Procedure," Vol 2., beginning on page 1085, discusses the transition to the WTO.
A Summary of the Final Act of the Uruguay Round (WTO ),
http://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/ursum_e.htm
Trading into the Future: The World Trade Organization 2nd ed. (WTO),
http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/doload_e/tif.pdf
An electronic guide to the WTO and its agreements
D. Treatises: Analysis and Commentary of Agreements and the Uruguay Round
Implementing the Uruguay Round (Oxford University Press) - K/4603/1987/ I49/1997
Law & Practice of the World Trade Organization, Commentary binder (Oceana Publications)
1995-1997 - K/4600/L38
Not kept up to date after 1997.
Law & Practice Under the GATT (Oceana Publications) - K/4602.2/1987
This three volume set offers GATT documents and commentary, including discussion of the
Uruguay Round. Publication ceased after 1994. Continued by Law & Practice of the World
Trade Organization.
Outcome of the Uruguay Round: An Initial Assessment. Supporting Papers to the Trade and
Development Report, 1994 (United Nations) - Memorial Library JY AY P 1994 IID 28 1994
This is a Memorial Library United Nations document. Ask at Reference Desk.
Reshaping the World Trading System : A History of the Uruguay Round (WTO) 2nd ed., rev. -
Memorial Library HF/1711/C76/1999
The Uruguay Round : An Assessment (Institute for International Economics) - Memorial Library
HF/1713/S38/1994
The Uruguay Round and the Dunkel Draft (Konark Publishers in Association with India
International Centre) - Memorial Library HF/1721/U84/1994
The WTO Agreements: Deficiencies, Imbalances and Required Changes (Zed Books) -
Memorial Library HF/1713/D334/1998
The World Trade Organization : The Multilateral Trade Framework for the 21st Century and
U.S. Implementing Legislation (American Bar Association) - K/3943/W67/1996
E. Treatises: Analysis and Commentary of Individual Agreements
Law and Policy in Public Purchasing : The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement
(University of Michigan Press) - K/884/Z9/L39/1997
Role of the WTO and SPS and TBT Agreements in Harmonizing Export and Import Food Control
Programmes, 1996 - Steenbock Library Documents FAO/fiche /370323
Tentative First Steps : An Assessment of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Services (Centre for
Economic Policy Research) - Memorial Library HC/10/D545/no.1150/1995
Understanding the World Trade Organization Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Measures (WTO Secretariat) 1995? - K/3926/Z9/U53
Unfinished Business : Telecommunications After the Uruguay Round (Institute for International
Economics) - HE/7645/U56/1997
Ch.'s 1 and 3 deal with the WTO Telecommunications Agreement.
WTO Antidumping and Subsidy Agreements: A Practitioner's Guide to Sunset Reviews in
Australia, Canada, the European Union, and the United States (Kluwer Law International) -
K/4635/S79/1998
GATS 2000 : The General Agreement on Trade in Services : Opening Markets for Services
(Office for Official Publications of the European Communities) - Memorial Library Oversize
Shelving HF/1379/G368/1998
( Kluwer Law International) 2001 - On Order at Memorial Library. Ask Librarian for Status
Chapter 8 contains an in depth discussion of TRIPS.
Development (United Nations) - Memorial Library K/1401/A35/A4/1997
The TRIPS Agreement : Drafting History and Analysis (Sweet & Maxwell) - K/1401/ G47/1998
IV. US Acts, Documents and Regulations Implementing the WTO
United States Code (U.S.C.) (GPO) - 5 EW stack 27
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.) (West Publishing Company) - 5 EW stacks 28 & 29;
see also WESTLAW: FINT-USCA, which contains sections from the U.S. Code relating to
International Trade.
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.) (Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company) - 5 EW
stack 28; see also LEXIS: ITRADE;USCS, which contains title 19 of the U.S. Code.
3. Specialized Sources
GATT Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (CD-ROM ); Memorial Library Reference CD-
Rom Station, room 262; also LEXIS: INTLAW;BISD
This annual presents the principal agreements, decisions, resolutions, recommendations and
reports adopted by the GATT contracting parties each year.
International Legal Materials (American Society of International Law) [1962 -] - Per; also
LEXIS: INTLAW ; ILM and WESTLAW: ILM
Contains U.S. and foreign laws related to international trade. Most current index offered by
WESTLAW: ILM - INDX.
International Trade Law Reporter (Bureau of National Affairs ) [1984- ] - Ref KF/6652 /A2
/I58; also LEXIS: BNA;INTRADE and WESTLAW: BNA- ITR
Contains U.S. statutes and regulations related to international trade, along with commentary and
analysis.
B. Legislative History
For a comprehensive legislative history for Pub. L. 103-465, see CIS Congressional Universe,
accessible from the law library's home page via the "Resources for Research" link. (From the CIS
home page, click on "CIS Index", then "Legislative Histories By Number," and then enter the
Public Law Number). (Limited to UW Law School and Law Library connections only). CIS
Index is also available in print - Ref KF/149/C62.
a. The items below are printed in the United States Code and Administrative News, 103rd
Congress, Second Session, 1994, vol.6, beginning on page 3773 - Fifth floor EW, stacks 29, 30
(See also Congressional Universe, LEXIS and WESTLAW.)
House Report No. 103-826(I), House Committee on Ways and Means
House Report No. 103-826(II), House Committee on Energy and Commerce Statement of
Administrative Action
b. Congressional Hearings
c. Compilations
C. Regulations
2. Federal Register (Government Printing Office) - 5 EW, stacks 30, 31
Consult Federal Register for changes or additions since the last annual Code of Federal
Regulations revision. Also available on GPO Access, LEXIS, and WESTLAW.
1. Selected Legislative History, Pub L. 103-465
Draft Final Text of the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations :
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of
Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, January 23, 1992
(Government Printing Office) - US Documents 1st floor WW, Y 4.W 36: 102-81
Implementation of Uruguay Round Agreements and the World Trade Organization : Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of
Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, March 13, 1996 (Government
Printing Office) - US Documents 1st floor WW, Y 4.W 36: 104-74
Copyright and the GATT : An Interpretation and Legislative history of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act : 1995 Supplement to Copyright Law and Practice (Bureau of National Affairs) -
KF/2994/P345/1995
D. Secondary Sources
The GATT, the WTO, and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act: Understanding the Fundamental
Changes (Practising Law Institute) - KF/6708/D8/G38/1995
The World Trade Organization : The Multilateral Trade Framework for the 21st Century and
U.S. Implementing Legislation (American Bar Association)- K/3943/W67/1996
Chapter 2 presents an overview of the major issues surrounding the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act.
V. GATT/WTO Dispute Resolution
The WTO's Dispute Settlement Body may authorize a panel to hear and resolve disputes between
WTO members. Either party to a dispute may appeal the panel's findings before the permanent
Appellate Body. The materials in this section contain the full texts of reports of the WTO panel
and appellate body findings. As noted below, some sources also contain GATT dispute
settlement reports.
Basic Documents of International Economic Law (American Society of International Law) -
LEXIS: INTLAW;BDIEL
Contains selected reports.
Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (GATT) [1952-] - Ref K/4603 /1947/ A46/ B38; also
Memorial Library Reference CD-ROM station room 262 (GATT Basic Instruments and Selected
Documents); also LEXIS: INTLAW;BISD
This annual presents the principal agreements, decisions, resolutions, recommendations and
reports adopted by the GATT contracting parties each year.
Dispute Settlement (Organization of American States - SICE Foreign Trade Information System),
http://www.sice.oas.org/disputee.asp
Provides comprehensive coverage of GATT, 1948-1994, and all WTO reports issued between
1996 and 2000.
Dispute Settlement (WTO),
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_e.htm
Provides comprehensive coverage of WTO Reports.
Handbook of WTO/GATT Dispute Settlement (Kluwer Law International) 1991-1998 - K4602.2
1991
International Economic Law Documents (American Society of International law) - WESTLAW:
IEL
Contains selected reports.
International Legal Materials (American Society of International Law) [1962 -] - Per; also
LEXIS: INTLAW;ILM and WESTLAW: ILM
Contains selected reports. WESTLAW: ILM-INDX provides a current index.
International Trade Law Reports (Cameron May) [1997- ] - Ref K/2400/A495/ I58
Contains the full text of WTO Reports, along with legal commentary.
Law & Practice of the World Trade Organization, Dispute Resolution Binder (Oceana
Publications) - K/4600/L38
Dispute Resolution Binder 1 contains the full text of WTO Reports from 1996 and 1997. Not
kept up to date after July 1997.
Law & Practice Under The GATT (Oceana Publications) - K/4602.2/1987
Contains GATT dispute settlement panel reports and decisions. Publication ceased after 1994.
Continued by Law & Practice of the World Trade Organization.
LEXIS,:INTLAW;GTTWTO or ITRADE;GTTWTO
Contains GATT & WTO Reports. Check the LEXIS Directory of Online Services for currency
and coverage.
WESTLAW: WTO-DEC
Contains GATT & WTO Reports. Check the WESTLAW Database Directory for currency and
coverage.
World Trade and Arbitration Materials (Werner Publishing Company) - Per.
Contains selected reports.
WorldTradeLaw.Net: GATT/WTO and NAFTA Decisions and Legal Instruments -
http://www.worldtradelaw.net/search/searchreports.htm
Fee-based site that contains a lot of valuable free information, including WTO Appellate Body
reports, panel reports, GATT panel reports and more.
B. Indexes
WTO Analytical Index (Cambridge University Press) - Ref K /4610/W76/2007
Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization: Practice and Procedure. 2nd ed.
(Cambridge University Press) - K/4610/P35/2004
The GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement System : International Law, International Organizations,
and Dispute Settlement (Kluwer Law International) -K/4600/P48/1997
International Trade Law and the GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement System (Kluwer Law
International)- K/4600 /I57/1997
WTO Dispute Settlement Dispute Settlement Understanding: A Detailed Interpretation (Kluwer
Law International) - K/4610/Y36/2005
WTO Dispute Settlement : One-page Case Summaries : 1995-September 2006 (World Trade
Organization) - K/4600/A52/ 2007
VI. Tariff Schedules
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (USITC) [1987 - ] - Historical Society Library
US Government Publications, ITC 1.10/4; see also http://www.usitc.gov/tata/index.htm
The WTO Analytical Index is the authoritative guide to the interpretation and application of
findings and decisions of WTO panels, the WTO Appellate Body and other WTO Bodies.
WTO Decisions : A Comprehensive Topical Index (Cameron May) - Res K/4610/A36/P37
(Accompanying materials at the circulation desk.)
A topical index that allows researchers to find dispute settlement decisions that have interpreted
provisions of WTO agreements.
C. General Discussion and Guides
Dispute Settlement (WTO),
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_e.htm
Due Process in WTO Dispute Settlement (Cameron May) - K/4600/D84/2001
A Handbook on the WTO Dispute Settlement System (Cambridge University Press) - K/4610/
W67/2004; Memorial Library K/4610/ W67/2004
Standards of Review in WTO Dispute Resolution (Oxford University Press) - K/4610/O357 2003
The WTO at ten : The Contribution of the Dispute Settlement System (Cambridge Univeristy
Press) - K/4610/A8/W86/2006
World Trade Without Barriers (Michie Butterworth) - K/4600/S93/1995
Vol. 1 -World Trade Organization (WTO) and Dispute Resolution; Vol. 2 - Comparative Dispute
Resolution, Public and Private, Ch. 12 - The World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement
Understanding and Dispute Resolution in the United States : A Comparison.
Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb,
http://dataweb.usitc.gov/
Annual Report (WTO) 1996 - HF/1371/A56; reports (1998 to present) are available online:
http://www.wto.org/English/res_e/reser_e/annual_report_e.htm
Focuses on various aspects of the WTO, including trade policy, research results, activities of the
organization and detail of its structure, staff and budget. Continued in part by International Trade
Statistics, a companion report published in the first half of each year.
International Trade. Trends and Statistics (GATT) 1994-1995 - Memorial Library
HF/499/C6/7521
International Trade Statistics (WTO) 2000 - Memorial Library Stacks Oversize Collection
(Ask Librarian); also
http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/statis_e.htm
(1998 to present).
This annual publication provides statistics on trade in merchandise and commercial services.
Continues in part Annual Report/WTO. For older reports containing GATT statistics, visit
MadCat, and enter “International Trade Statistics” in the title field.
World Trade Organization Annual Report : International Trade (Bernan Press) [1998-] -
Memorial Library Ref CD-ROM
Library has 1998-1999.
B. Other Sources
Development Data (World Bank), http://www.worldbank.org/data/
Foreign Trade Statistics (U.S. Census Bureau),
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/foreign-trade/www
Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb (USITC),
http://dataweb.usitc.gov/
Trade and Economy: Data and Analysis(USITA),
http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/
STAT-USA (U.S. Department of Commerce),
http://www.stat-usa.gov/stat-usa.html
For a list of other statistical databases on the Internet, see the “Statistics” link from Guide to
International Trade Law Sources on the Internet (Law Library Resource Xchange),
http://www.llrx.com/features/trade.htm
.
VIII. GATT/WTO News/Periodicals
GATT Focus (External Relations and Information Division, GATT Secretariat) no.1 (Feb.-Mar.
1981) - no. 113 (Dec. 1994) - Memorial Library AP/G102 /A106
Contains the Globus and National Trade Bank Databases. Access to files for subscribers only.
See a reference librarian.
Focus (IMRD),
http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/focus_e/focus_e.htm
Available at this web page from no. 12 August - September 1996 onwards. Also available in
printfrom no.1 (Jan..-Feb. 1995) - no.52 (Mar.-Apr. 2001) at Per. Continues GATT Focus.
Memorial Library has no. 53-92 (1988), no. 94-95 (1992) and no. 97-113 (1993). Continued by
Focus.
International Trade Reporter (BNA) v.6, no.27( July 1989 ) - present - Ref KF6656.5 I58; also
available from 1996 as part of BNA online, accessible from law school/law library connections
only at http://library.law.wisc.edu/elecresources/databases/bna.php; also LEXIS: BNA; INTRAD;
and WESTLAW,: BNA-ITR.
An excellent source for tracking developments in international trade, including the WTO..
Trade and Environment Bulletins (WTO) [1995 -],
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/envir_e/bull_e.htm
World Trade Organization Press Release (IMRD)[1995 - ] - HF /1701/W67; Recent Releases
dating back to 1995 are available at
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news_e.htm#PressReleases
.
IX. Reference Resources
GATT ( Research Guide Series Duke University Law Library),
http://www.law.duke.edu/lib/libser/publicat/researchGuides/gatt/gatt.html
Introduction to International Business Law: Legal Transactions in a Global Economy (Oceana) -
KF/390/B84/I57/1996.
See Chapter 10, "The World Trade Organization : A Bibliographic Overview of its Publications.”
(See also Chapter 4, "U.S. Regulation of International Trade: A Research Guide.")
WTO and GATT Research (New York University School of Law)
http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/wtoguide.html
The World Trade Organization : Selective Bibliography. Updated 1999 ed. (Peace Palace
Library, the Hague Academy of International Law) - Ref K/4600/A12/P43/2000
2. International Trade in General
ASIL Guide to Resources for International Law : International Economic Law (American
Society of International law),
http://www.asil.org/resource/iel1.htm
Bibliography of International Trade-Related Law Journal Articles (USITC Law Library),
http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/wtoguide.html
Foreign and International Law Sources on the Internet: Annotated (Cornell Law
Library),
http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawlibrary/guides/forin/forin.html
Use the “Search by Topic” drop-down menu at the top right-hand corner of the screen to begin
searching.
Guide to International Trade Law Sources on the Internet (Law Library Resource Exchange),
http://www.llrx.com/features/trade3.htm
International Trade Resources : A Research Guide (Garland Publications) - Ref
Z7164/C8/S33/1997
Introduction to International Business Law: Legal Transactions in a Global Economy (Oceana) -
KF/390/B84/I57/1996
See Chapter 4, "U.S. Regulation of International Trade: A Research Guide," and Chapter 10,
"The World Trade Organization : A Bibliographic Overview of its Publications”)
Researching International Economic Law (O'Quinn Law Library University of Houston Law
Center), http://www.law.uh.edu/Libraries/publications/researchguides/economic.html
Researching International Economic Law on the Internet (Institute of International Economic
Law, Georgetown University Law Center),
http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/intl/iiel/home.htm
B. Indexes
1. WTO Case Law
WTO Analytical Index (Cambridge University Press) - Ref K /4610/W76/2007The WTO
Analytical Index is the authoritative guide to the interpretation and application of findings and
decisions of WTO panels, the WTO Appellate Body and other WTO Bodies
Current Index to Legal Periodicals (University of Washington Law Library) Current issues -
Law Library Web site; also WESTLAW, CILP
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (American Association of Law Libraries) [1960 - ] - Ref,
Stack 34; Law Library Web site [1985-] ; also WESTLAW: IFLP
Subscription Services
World Trade Annual (Walker) - Memorial Library HF53 W6
Trilingual Glossary : For the Use of WTO Translators . 2nd ed. 2v. (WTO) - Ref
HF/1373/T75/1997
International Monetary Fund,
http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm
Trade and Development on the WTO Web Site (WTO),
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/devel_e/devel_e.htm
WTOWatch: Global Information Center on Trade and Sustainable Development,
The World Bank Group, http://www.worldbank.org/
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2. Journal Articles
This weekly publication is an update to Index to Legal Periodicals and Books, infra.
Current Law Index (Information Access Company) [1980 - ] - Ref, Periodical Index Tables
See also Legal Resource Index.
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books (H.W. Wilson)[1908 - ] Ref, Periodical Index Tables; Law
Library Web site [August 1981- ] ; also LEXIS: LAWREV; ILP; and WESTLA,: ILP
Legal Resource Indty ex [1980- ] (Information Access Company) - LEXIS, LAWREV; LGNIND;
also WESTLAW, LRI
An expanded version of Current Law Index.
SmartCILP (Current Index to Legal Periodicals)
SmartCILP is an email delivery service from the Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP).
SmartCILP provides subscribers with a weekly message with citations to articles which focus on
those subjects in those journals selected by the user. The University of Wisconsin Law Library's
contract extends only to University of Wisconsin Law School faculty and staff. To register and
receive a password, go to: http://depts.washington.edu/scilp/scilp3.cgi
C. Directories
Latest edition in Reference Stacks, Rm. 262. Library has 1963-1966 and 1972-2004.
D. Dictionaries
1. GATT/WTO
2. International Trade in General
The Dictionary of International Business Terms (Glenlake Publishing Company) - Memorial
Library Ref HD/62.4 /S524/1998
Dictionary of International Trade (J. Wiley) - Memorial Library Ref HF/1373/ R67/1994; also
Business Library HF/1373/R67/1994
Dictionary of International Trade : 4,071 International Trade, Economic, Banking, Legal &
Shipping terms (World Trade Press) - Ref HF/1373/ D53/1994
The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of International Trade and Finance (McGraw-Hill) - Memorial
Library Ref HF/1373/G57/1994
X. Other Useful Web Sites
These sites contain documents, news and other publications relating to the WTO and
international trade.
Documents Online, http://docsonline.wto.org
Official Records of WTO Bodies and Committees, documents related to Dispute Settlement,
Legal Texts and Agreements, Background Papers, and more .
The Third WTO Ministerial Conference,
http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/min99_e/min99_e.htm
Provides access to information on the WTO's work on trade and development issues.
U.S. Trade Representative,
http://www.ustr.gov/
The WTO Online Book Shop (WTO),
http://onlinebookshop.wto.org/shop/?lang=EN
A comprehensive source of information about WTO publications, many of which can be
downloaded for free.
http://www.wtowatch.org/
News, facts and analytical articles, much of which is written from a critical perspective, on the
WTO, trade and development.
World Trade Organization, http://www.wto.org
See especially WTO News and WTO Official Documents.
Compiled by Sunil Rao
University of Wisconsin-Madison Law Library
Revised: January 2011
(wto.wpd)