Critics of the World Trade Organization argue that its binding dispute settlement process imposes a neoliberal agenda on member states. If this is the case, why would any nation agree to participate? Jacqueline Krikorian explores this question by examining the impact of the WTO’s dispute settlement mechanism on domestic policies in the United States and Canada. She demonstrates that the WTO’s ability to influence domestic arrangements has been constrained by three factors: judicial deference, institutional arrangements, and strategic decision making by political elites in Ottawa and Washington.

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• Commended, The Hill Times List of Top 100 Best Books for 2013

Jacqueline D. Krikorian is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and in the Law and Society program at York University. She is a specialist in government and public law.

Krikorian’s book is significant in that it makes an important contribution to the discipline by developing “a better understanding of the dynamic relationship between international and national legal frameworks.” Recommended. Graduate, research, and professional collections.

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