Henry Gao

Greg Shaffer and I think so in our new op-ed in the Hill, but not everyone seems to agree with us, as illustrated in this lively Twitter exchange with Dan Ikenson, Rob Howse and Simon Lester. However, I think there might be some movement on this issue in the WTO

The newly-established Multiparty Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (“MPIA”) contains an interesting provision in para 18 of its “Agreed Procedures”: “At any time during the arbitration, the appellant, or other appellant, may withdraw its appeal, or other appeal, by notifying the arbitrators. This notification shall also be notified to the panel

Simon Lester's posts about Tom Graham's recent speech on the Appellate Body ("AB") reminded me the speech Graham gave back in 2013, which was "[s]oon after [he] joined the Appellate Body". When I re-read the 2013 speech entitled "It Sure

The Appellate Body is dead. But not all hope is lost. Instead, we could still bring it back, and there are at least three different ways: 1. The first is launching the Appellate Body appointment process by forcing a vote through the General Council as per Article IX.1 of