Database Name: World Trade Organization and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Secretariat Awards
Database Identifier: WTOGATT-AWARDS
Coverage
Selected coverage for WTOGATT-AWARDS begins in 1949.
Content Highlights:
This database contains arbitration settlement awards/decisions from the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Secretariat.
This database is a Premier Thomson database.
Contents
The WTOGATT-AWARDS database contains arbitration settlement awards/decisions and other documents from the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Secretariat. A document is a full text arbitration settlement award/decision or other document issued by one of these bodies.
Derivation
Arbitration settlement awards/decisions and other documents from the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Secretariat, as selected from the APPLETON-ISR and the WTO-DEC databases.
Searching and Fields
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With a Terms and Connectors search, you enter a query, which consists of key terms from your issue and connectors specifying the relationship between those terms. With Natural Language, you can retrieve documents by simply describing your issue in plain English.
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The abbreviations for the fields in this database are:
| CI | CITATION | The citation is a unique identifier by which the document can be retrieved. |
| PR | PRELIM | Document type, headings that precede the title, and docket numbers, if available. |
| TI | TITLE | Names of the adverse parties to the decision. |
| SO | SOURCE | Where the content is obtained. |
| TE | TEXT | Text of the award/decision. |
Related Research
Related databases:
ICA-AWARDS contains all international arbitration awards on Westlaw from numerous arbitration institutions.
APPLETON-ISR database contains investor-state awards/decisions from various courts and arbitration institutions.
WTO-DEC database contains documents from Dispute Settlement Panels formed under the World Trade Organization and the General Agreement for Tariffs and Trade.
GATT contains the final text of the GATT Uruguay Round Agreements including the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the Statement of Administrative Action issued by the President, and other related GATT documents.
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