Trade Law

World Trade Law

WorldTradeLaw.net is a US-based information service produced by former international trade lawyers Simon Lester and Kara Leitner, providing both free and subscription resources. Free aspects of the site include full-text World Trade Organization (WTO) and GATT documents, such as WTO Appellate Body Reports, WTO Panel Reports and GATT Panel Reports, along with agreements of the Uruguay Round and Tokyo Round. Documents concerning WTO negotiating history are also available. The subscription-based content contains commentary on WTO Panel and Appellate Body reports.

Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq

Cambridge Solidarity with Iraq (formerly called CASI) was formed in 1997 by a group of Cambridge students in the UK, concerned about the effects of the UN trade sanctions against Iraq. It was wound up in 2003, but the website is still available as an archive. The site includes guides, briefings, newsletters and conference proceedings; there are also links to further information about Iraq, its economy and trade sanctions.

Kozolchyk National Law Center

Non-profit research and legal reform organisation, formerly known as the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade. NatLaw was founded by Boris Kokzolchyk, Evo DeConcini Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Arizona. It carries out research into commercial laws and practices of different countries in order to harmonise and standardise the legal infrastructure and eliminate trade barriers. The Resources page includes a link to a subscription-based database of Latin American legislation, cases and commentary, in Spanish.

APEC Competition Policy and Law Database

APEC is a forum for the promotion of open trade and economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. The APEC Competition Policy and Law Database is a free resource; it includes members' competition policies and laws, competition decision guidelines, administrative and judicial decisions, international agreements, statistics and other information. A collection of links to official trade and competition websites is also provided.

Trans-lex

Trans-lex is a legal research tool for transnational law developed by the Center for Transnational Law (CENTRAL) at the University of Cologne in Germany. It has four main sections: Principles, Bibliography, Materials and Archive; there is also an outline of the history of transnational commercial law. The Principles section covers around 150 principles and rules of transnational law, with references to academic texts, court decisions, legislation, treaties and model laws.

WTO and GATT Research

Online guide by New York University Law Library, covering print and online sources of information relating to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Covers agreements, official citations, travaux préparatoires (working documents), sources of GATT and WTO documents and links to other research guides. Also focuses on dispute settlement rules, decisions, secondary materials, statistics, glossaries, news and annual reports.

Basic Primary and Secondary Information Online Sources for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the United States Central American Free Trade Agreement-Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) Research

Online guide to researching NAFTA and CAFTA-DR written by retired law librarian Francisco A. Avalos and Maureen Garmon, Faculty Services Librarian at Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona. Published on New York University's Globalex website, the guide covers the principal agreements, related agreements, NAFTA and CAFTA institutions, channels for the settlement of disputes and implementation acts. Links are given to other research guides, government websites, newsletters, journals and reports.

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