Limited observance of multilateral trade agreements

The credibility of the rules and principles of the trading system has been weakened by the fact that the ultimate recourse open to a country affected by illegal trade measures is to withdraw "substantially equivalent concessions", a possibility of little effective use to weaker trading partners.

1. Unfulfilled treaty obligations
2. Unfair trading
3. Restrictive trade practices
4. Indecisive multilateralism
5. Government failure to meet commitments
6. Distortion in international trade

1. Inability to negotiate effective multilateral safeguard systems

1. Non-tariff barriers to international trade

1. Distortion of international trade by embargoes

1. Limited observance of fishing quotas
2. Intergovernmental failure to fulfil financial commitments
3. Crimes related to foreign relations and export trade

1. Studying economic and trade issues
2. Promoting transparency in trade
3. Observing trade commitments
4. Increasing observance of multilateral trade agreements
5. Ignoring quotas
6. Greening the GATT
7. Circumventing international trading agreements
8. Cheating

1. Will
2. Observance
3. Nonobservance
4. Limitedness
5. Failure
6. Disagreement
7. Cheat