Ever since the GATT Panel report Brazil-Cotton Yarn, where Brazil raised, but lost the issue, Members of the WTO often assumed that Article 15 was a dead letter, in the form of a political declaration.
自关贸总协定专家组“巴西――棉纱案” ――巴西提出但败诉――报告发表以后，世贸组织成员国往往认为，第15条是形同虚设的政治宣言。