WTO Shrimp -Turtle Case [ Import Prohibition of Certain Shrimp Products]

The present case “United States- Import prohibition of certain shrimp and shrimp products” will be examined by solving the following problem sets: First of all the participating parties will be presented and the subject of the original controversy will be expounded. In a second step all participants’ argumentations will be lighted up in detail. Thirdly, the results of the Panel discussion will be presented and assessed. Connecting to the previous point the motivations for the appeal, logged by the accused party, will be figured out. Finally, the Appellate body’s decision on the issue will be disclosed. The author’s personal opinion will top off the paper at the very end. In order to provide a convenient text flow all required articles and paragraphs of the GATT contract are put in the gloss.