Ricerc@Sapienza

UNCLOS has so far occupied a marginal place in the WTO case-law.
Indeed, the only reference to UNCLOS is contained in the 1998 Appellate Body’s
US-Shrimp report. Nevertheless, the paucity of references to UNCLOS in the WTO
case-law stands in sharp contrast with the multiplicity of possible interferences and
overlaps between the law of the sea and international trade law. The paper first
examines the legal meaning and implications of the mention of UNCLOS in the
US-Shrimp report. Next, it considers the WTO subsequent case-law with a view to

The International Trade Centre (‘ITC’) was established on the basis of a decision of the Contracting Parties to the GATT adopted on 19 March 1964 within the framework of the Programme for Expansion of International Trade which had been launched some years earlier.