11.   EU Commission spokesman Peter Guilford said last week that the EU would seek a dispute settlement with the World Trade Organization.

12.   Issues such as agriculture remain thorny for the WTO, while there are those such as environment, intellectual properties and trade dispute settlements still to be dealt with.

13.   Negotiations cannot be completed until Singapore has final U.S. proposals on labor, the environment, investment and dispute settlement, Koh said, without elaborating.

14.   Solana and Patten suggested a refocusing of priorities on more clearly defined objectives for regional cooperation, dispute settlement, conflict prevention and minority rights.

15.   The rules seek to ensure non-discrimination, transparency and effective dispute settlement procedures for energy investors.

16.   A statement from the EU delegation said officials discussed restrictions on competition, ownership and control, as well as code-sharing, dispute settlement and computerized reservations.

17.   Brittan argued that with the dispute settlement procedures now offered by the World Trade Organization, sanctions and threats of sanctions are unacceptable.

18.   The report argues in support of the WTO dispute settlement procedures.

19.   Other factors were tax incentives and pro-business policies, research and development and technology management, and arbitration and dispute settlement.