Abstract
The aim of the GATT procedures has always been to resolve disputes, whenever possible, through agreement between the parties, rather than by seeking to identify treaty violations . With this sentence, Professor Merrills clearly referred to the two possible methods (the diplomatic-political manner and the legal manner) for resolving an international trade dispute between two member states to the World Trade Organization (WTO). A dispute is a specific disagreement concerning a matter of fact, law or policy in which a claim or assertion by one party is met with refusal, counter-claim or denial by another.
