Joost Pauwelyn

Has it struck you that, so far, WTO Members and most dispute settlement commentators keep their focus almost exclusively on the WTO Appellate Body (AB)? Be it criticizing or defending the AB, trying to save or reform it, or thinking of possible alternatives for “appellate review” (such as Article 25

The Graduate Institute's Annual Update on WTO Dispute Settlement is today, Wednesday, April 10, 5-7pm Geneva time. If you cannot be there in person, we are live-streaming the event here: http://tinyurl.com/y5g3beww PROGRAMME 17:00 to 17:30 OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN 2018 WTO

For those not able to make it to Geneva, we will livestream tomorrow's 10th Update on WTO Dispute Settlement here. The event takes place tomorrow, Thursday, May 11, 6 to 8 pm Geneva time. Speakers include: - Amb. Carim (2016 DSB Chair & now Chair of the General

Wallonia’s "non" to CETA seems inspired largely by the right CETA gives to Canadian investors in the EU to directly sue EU governments, so-called investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). CETA narrowly defines the scenarios where Canadian multinationals -- or, for that matter, individual investors or SMEs -- would

For people teaching WTO/international trade law, and still looking for a book to work with, the latest edition of my case book, International Trade Law, is now out. The main addition, compared to the second edition (2012), is a third author: Jennifer A. Hillman, formerly a member of the

The June 7 AB report in DS461, examining a Colombian import tariff imposed against Panama allegedly to combat money laundering, ends on a rather peculiar note. The AB 1.    confirmed that Colombia’s “compound tariff” prima facie violates GATT Art. II; 2.    reversed the Panel’s finding that the tariff

We all know how difficult it is to change or update the now more than 20 years old WTO treaty. What is true for substantive rules is also true for procedural, dispute settlement provisions. DSU reform requires consensus of all (162) WTO members. The formal DSU review process started almost

The December 7 retaliation decision in US - COOL includes a finding of great systemic importance to the trading system. When a country is the victim of a WTO violation, what “damages” are “recoverable”? We all know that the WTO never awards cash. The closest it gets is to put

Now here is an interesting panel report that came out Wednesday, Sept. 30. Can a WTO member (here, Argentina) impose “defensive measures” against countries not sharing tax information (here, Panama)? The “defensive measures” had to do with capital gains, income tax, transfer pricing rules and rules on capital and re-insurance