The WTO Panel Report in Russia – Traffic in Transit: Cutting the Gordian Knot of the GATT Security Exception?
1. Introduction The security exception of the GATT 1994 was inserted into the original GATT 1947 and it was then reinstated in the GATT 1994 under Article XXI.[1] Starting from its negotiation history, the security exception of the GATT was riddled with debates over the meaning of some words like ‘essential security interests’ or ‘it...
