Legal Aspects of the IMF/WTO Relationship

The Fund’s Articles of Agreement and the Wto Agreements

Bibliographic Data

ID9541789
AuthorsDeborah E Siegel (International Monetary Fund, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume96
Issue3
Pages561-599
Publication date2002-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of International Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3062162
OpenAlexW2024383642
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited5

The relationship between the International Monetary Fund (Fund) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) is a continuation of the long-standing relationship between the Fund and the Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), as modified by new developments associated with the establishment of the WTO. The two organizations generally act in a complementary and cooperative fashion. Discussions about the legal aspects of the relationship, however, including recent WTO dispute settlement cases concerning the Fund, reflect misunderstandings about the legal nature of Fund activities and how they relate to the WTO provisions on this relationship. In addition, certain issues about the Fund/WTO relationship are not clearly resolved in the text of the WTO Agreements. This article discusses key legal provisions of the WTO Agreements that concern the Fund and explains the legal nature of the Fund’s activities relevant to these provisions

Business · Economics · International economics · International trade · Investment fund · Political science · Settlement (finance · World trade · Finance · Global trade and economics · International Arbitration and Investment Law · World Trade Organization Law