Abstract: The World Trade Organization (WTO) Panel in Russia – Measures Concerning Traffic in Transit made the first interpretation of Article XXI in WTO history, thereby establishing its jurisdiction and setting relatively strict requirements for invocations. As this interpretation has been followed in subsequent WTO disputes, deeper consideration of its requirements, implications, and limitations is warranted, especially in the global [...] Read More.
Keywords: International Economic and Trade Rules, National Security, Security Exception, Article XXI, WTO, Russia – Traffic in Transit, National Security Review, Cybersecurity