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Visualise and filter information relating to the main procedural steps of GATT disputes.  The numbers in the infographic will recalculate based on the selected filters.

All GATT disputes began with consultations between the disputing parties to attempt to secure a diplomatic resolution of the matter.  However, unlike under the WTO dispute settlement system governed by the DSU, GATT disputes did not always follow the same procedural steps for the subsequent litigious stages. For instance, some of the Tokyo Round codes included a conciliation phase (i.e.  mediation at a  meeting of the relevant Committee) before a panel was established.

 

Date of initiation
Pursued as WTO disputes 14 Follow-up GATT disputes 10/317 Follow-up disputes: Mutually agreed solutions 54 Withdrawals 40 Other outcomes: Reports adopted 96 The Council “took note” 2 No consensus on whether adopted* 2 Considered, but not adopted 28 Not considered for adoption 9 Reports not adopted 41 Adopted? Reports issued 136 Panels and working groups established 158 40 26 (No dispute settled through these procedures) Tokyo Round antidumping and subsidies codes Conciliation Requests for consultations 317 Pursued as WTO disputes 14 Follow-up GATT disputes 10/317 Follow-up disputes: Mutually agreed solutions 54 Withdrawals 40 Other outcomes: Reports adopted 96 The Council “took note” 2 No consensus on whether adopted* 2 Considered, but not adopted 28 Not considered for adoption 9 Reports not adopted 41 Adopted ? Reports issued 136 Panels and working groups established 158 Requests for consultations 317 40 26 (No dispute settled through these procedures) Tokyo Round antidumping and subsidies codes Conciliation
* The parties to the dispute differed on the status of the report, which remained unresolved. (Follow up to the Panel Report in European Economic Community – Payments and Subsidies Paid to Processors and Producers of Oilseeds and Related Animal-Feed Proteins, DS28/R (GD/262). See also the minutes of the GATT Council of 19 June 1992, document C/M/257 p. 28)