2001 instalment of a series of annual volumes which is utilized in the development of an American Law Institute project on World Trade Organization Law.First annual report of the American Law Institute project on WTO Law. The project undertakes yearly analysis of the case law from the adjudicating bodies of the WTO. Reporters' Studies for 2001 cover a wide range of WTO law ranging from classic trade in goods issues to intellectual property protection. Each case is evaluated jointly by an economist and a lawyer. Studies do not cover all issues discussed in a case, but seek to discuss both the procedural and the substantive issues that form the 'core' of the dispute.First annual report of the American Law Institute project on WTO Law. The project undertakes yearly analysis of the case law from the adjudicating bodies of the WTO. Reporters' Studies for 2001 cover a wide range of WTO law ranging from classic trade in goods issues to intellectual property protection. Each case is evaluated jointly by an economist and a lawyer. Studies do not cover all issues discussed in a case, but seek to discuss both the procedural and the substantive issues that form the 'core' of the dispute.The American Law Institute project on WTO Law undertakes yearly analysis of the case law from the adjudicating bodies of the WTO. Reporters' Studies for 2001 cover a wide range of WTO law cases, whose coverage ranges from classic trade in goods issues to intellectual property protection. Each case is evaluated jointly by an economist and a lawyer. Studies do not cover all issues discussed in a case, but seek to isolate the procedural and substantive elements that form the core of the dispute.Foreword; List of reporters; 1. Introduction Henrik Horn and Petros C. Mavroidis; 2. EC - asbestos: European communities - measures affecting asbestos and asbestos-containing products Henrik Horn and Joseph H. H. Weiler; 3. US - shrimp: United States - import prohibition of certain shrimp and shrimp producl