
As economic cooperation
has expanded, having an effective mechanism to resolve disputes arising between
member countries has become an essential need. Therefore, since 1996, ASEAN has
started drafting a Protocol on Dispute Settlement Mechanism, and this Protocol
was signed by ASEAN Economic Ministers on November 20, 1996 in Manila
(Philippines).
The
dispute settlement mechanism of ASEAN is built on the spirit of negotiation
and mediation....