ABSTRACT
This chapter describes unilateralism is considered as a form of reaction of States to defend their own rights and interests. Before analysing the role and place of world trade organization trade remedies in the international legal order, it is of utmost importance to broadly describe the history and evolution of self-help and unilateral reactions in international law. As international players have got closer, unilateral actions and reactions have been replaced by multilateral efforts to avoid unilateral measures that could alter the equilibrium of the modern society and spread domino effects worldwide. Unilateralism simply cannot achieve global aims and the actual form of multilateralism requires a deeper and active involvement of the global community. The international community is faced with the new challenge to create common structures and policies to address different problems under a common framework. Most of the pressing problems linked to the protection of the environment, terrorist attacks, immigration and human rights policies have obtained a global dimension.
