HCM City (VNA) - A workshop on procedures to settle disputes in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) opened in Ho Chi Minh City, on May 17.
During the two-day workshop, co-organised by the Multilateral Trade Policy Assistance Programme (MUTRAP) and the APEC Economic Integration Programme, European and Canadian experts, with the support from local experts, are to give presentations on WTO rules and procedures on dispute settlement.
They include the main elements of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism such as role of dispute settlement in the WTO, rules of interpretation of WTO agreement, the consultation process, establishment of a panel, the issue of evidence, etc and landmark cases triggered in other WTO member countries.
In addition to these presentations, there will be another on the Vietnamese dispute settlement mechanisms and practices prior to Viet Nam’s accession to the WTO. All of them are geared to assist participants in gaining experience on how to make use of the WTO rules and membership regulations in dealing with trade disputes.
In particular, the workshop will provide simulations for the participants to practise settlement of certain trade disputes.
Two similar workshops will be organised in Ha Noi from May 21-24.-Enditem
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