wto+disputes+resolution

The WTO also maintains a forum for the resolution of [primarily complex] procurement disputes – the Disputes Resolution Board (DSB). The DSB was created by the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU), formally known as the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes, establishing rules and procedures that manage various disputes arising under the Covered Agreements of the Final Act of the Uruguay Round. All WTO member nation-states are subject to its procedures and decisions and are the only legal entities that may bring and file cases to the WTO. The Dispute Settlement Body provides strict time frames for the dispute settlement process and establishes an appeals system to standardize the interpretation of specific clauses of the agreements. It also provides for the automatic establishment of a panel and automatic adoption of a panel report to prevent nations from stopping action by simply ignoring complaints. Strengthened rules and procedures with strict time limits for the dispute settlement process aim at providing "security and predictability to the multilateral trading system" and achieving "[a] solution mutually acceptable to the parties to a dispute and consistent with the covered agreements.
 * WTO Disputes Resolution Board **