농산물 무역구제 분쟁의 문제점 고찰: 미국-캐나다간 연목분쟁을 중심으로

This study reviews comprehensively the lumber disputes between the United States and Canada raised in free trade agreements such as CUSFTA and NAFTA as well as multilateral trade forums such as GATT and WTO. The purpose of analyzing the whole lumber disputes is as follows. Firstly, as one of the longest and most contentious disputes between the major WTO members, these disputes demonstrate the general trade policies and practices of the United States regarding agricultural disputes. Thus it will provide significant implications on mechanism and implementation of the Korea-US FTA dispute settlement. Secondly, throughout the series of analyses on this case, we can observe the legal development on interpretations of FTAs and GATT/WTO rules related to trade remedy systems. Lastly, we can understand not only the interactive relationship but also their conflicts and congruencies between the dispute settlement mechanisms in the multilateral and bilateral trading system. By presenting analytical and historical perspectives of trade remedy disputes in agricultural sectors, we hope our analysis in the paper provide a foundation for more serious policy research to enhance industry competitiveness in the future.