Solving Debates Resulted from Granting Export Subsidies in the World Trade Organization

To extend the range of their exports and enter the international markets, most countries have taken granting of export subsidies as a part of their economic policies. In liberal trade, granting of export subsidies is considered as an unfair act disturbing international commercial relations,causing damages, and negatively influencing other countrie's domestic interests or export market. The World Trade Organization which is founded on commercial freedom and fair competition controls export subsidies, prohibits some of them, and maintains that some others may be counteracted and prosecuted. Because of increase in granting of export subsidies by governments, which has led to increase in legal debates between countries, solving debates resulted from granting of export subsidies as well as the process in which such cases are investigated is of paramount importance.In the present article, the process of solving debates resulted from export subsidies, sanctions and requirements of verdicts issued by the World Trade Organization will be discussed.