Garkusha A. Legal settlement of disputes in the World Trade Organization.

The dissertation is devoted to researching the problems of legal dispute settlement in the World Trade Organization, taking into account Ukraine's accession to the WTO and the future prospects of participation in the WTO DSM. It defines the legal nature and historical determinants of the dispute settlement system of GATT/WTO, its basic principles, key steps in the negotiation process on improving the DSU. The current state of the WTO DSM has been studied; an attempt has been made to define its basic principles and procedures, key functions, jurisdictional features, access to the dispute settlement procedure. The attempt has been made to identify the main shortcomings of legal regulation of each stage of the procedure to determine the relevant gaps and collisions, and to offer perspective ways of reform. The prospects of Ukraine regarding the implementation of WTO DSB rulings has been studied.