1.

Choose a real case of an international contract concluded between Mexico and

another country in which a trade dispute takes place.

Year 2008

Claimant: Mexico

Respondent: United States

Difference:

On December 17, 2008, Mexico requested a consultation with the United States regarding the inclusion of
mandatory country of origin labeling (EPO) in the sale of agricultural products under the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (the "1946 Agricultural Marketing Act"), as amended by the Agriculture, Security, and
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (the "Act") and the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the "2008
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act"), and through regulations published as 7 C.F.R. 60 and 65 Consultation
on mandatory country-of-origin labeling (EPO) included in the sale of agricultural products implemented by
regulations published in part.

Dispute Resolution in International Trade

According to Mexico, for certain products, the determination of the nationality of these
products deviates significantly from the international indication of origin, a situation that
cannot be justified as necessary to comply with legitimate objectives.

In Mexico's view, the mandatory provisions of the EPO appear to be inconsistent with U.S.
obligations under WTO agreements, including the following provisions

- Articles 3, 9, and 10 of the GATT 1994;

- Article 2 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT); or Articles 2, 5, and 7 of the
SPS.

Articles 2, 5, and 7 of the SPS Agreement; and

- Article 2 of the Agreement on Rules of Origin.

These violations appear to offset or lessen the benefits of these agreements for Mexico.

In addition to appearing to offset the benefits of these agreements to Mexico, these violations
appear to nullify or impair the benefits Mexico has obtained from these agreements. They
appear to nullify or impair the meaning of Article XXIII:1(b) of the GATT 1994.

2. Find and analyze the ICC mechanism for dispute resolution: the name of the
organization that executes it and the procedure followed
When these types of issues arise between two countries and a commercial dispute arises, the
ICC Arbitration Tribunal acts. Arbitration itself is a very flexible procedure to resolve
commercial disputes in a viable manner. In this case, in Mexico, the nationality of the product
being introduced was

After contacting the arbitral tribunal, both parties are free to agree to apply the rules of the
international arbitral tribunal. In any case, it provides confidentiality and the freedom to decide
where they want to settle. The dispute is divided into two parts The final decision will be made
by an "arbitrator" who has thoroughly analyzed the entire dispute, or usually through an
appointment procedure agreed by both parties. It is worth mentioning that when a dispute arises
between two countries, there are more ways to reach an agreement: negotiation and arbitration.

3. Present a result according to any of thebasic rules of the ICC you have observed in
your analysis

The elements presented in these arguments are very important because they help us get rid of
them. We must eliminate them. Thanks to the topics and studies that we can see on the Internet,
we can see that there are many ways to reach consensus on these types of issues. We must also
remember that it is very important to delegate good world relations, because it depends on the
movements of our country, Mexico, it depends on the behavior of our country, Mexico, towards
the rest of the world.

Fuentes
“Solución De Controversias.”, www.siicex.gob.mx/portalSiicex/SICETECA/Acuerdos/Pagina %20principal/SOLUCION
%20DE%20CONTROVERSIAS.pdf.

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