In free trade agreements, the agreed obligations are as important as the dispute settlement mechanisms (DSM) to be exercised in case of non-compliance. Some may consider that agreeing on the DSM during the trade negotiation is as anticlimactic as talking about divorce during a wedding sermon (Reisman and Weidman). However, having these mechanisms, which result in economic consequences for not observing the verdicts, is what gives a treaty its “teeth.”