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DSU Article 25 Arbitration: A Long-Term Solution for the Appellate Body Crisis?

To date, proposals for the reform of WTO dispute settlement have focused on institutional improvements of the AB, as represented by the Walker proposal, or possible replacement of the two-tier adjudication with one-tier adjudication by a standing body of full-time panelists, as suggested by Hoekman and Marvroidis

MPIA Update: Another Article 25 Arbitration Appeal Likely Coming Soon, New Dispute Sees Procedures Agreed

There are two new developments with the MPIA. First, Australia and China have agreed "to enter into arbitration under Article 25 of the DSU to decide any appeal from any final panel report as issued to the parties in dispute Australia – Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Measures on Certain

Enforcing the IPEF: Unilateralism and Incentives vs. Adjudication

This is from an Inside US Trade article from last week: Members of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity agree on a need to pursue binding commitments, ministers told Inside U.S. Trade last week, but those commitments likely will differ from those in other trade arrangements as countries

CfP: A deep dive into the legal world of Trade and the Environment

This call for papers comes from the co-editors of The quest for a Greener tomorrow! A deep dive into the legal world of Trade and the Environment: This book project seeks articles, essays, research papers, legislative comments or case commentaries from interested participants on the following potential sub-themes,

China Trade Monitor Post on Banned Fish Products and USMCA

China Trade Monitor is subscriber-only, but our recent post entitled "China-Mexico Trade in Banned Fish Products under Discussion in USMCA" has a tuna-dolphin/shrimp-turtle feel to it and thus may have broad appeal, so I thought I'd open it up to everyone.

The Latest Effort To Clarify FET and Indirect Expropriation

Over at Investment Arbitration Reporter, Damien Charlotin has a piece about a draft text developed by Germany and the European Commission to clarify the interpretation of the obligations on fair and equitable treatment and indirect expropriation in CETA. The draft text document is characterized as a "Draft Decision of

Katherine Tai on Policy Space and Sovereignty

This is something U.S. Trade Rep. Katherine Tai said at a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event last week: There often is a tension between how international trade rules interact with our own domestic policies and regulations. International trade rules tend to discipline what countries can do and there&

Do Appeals Have To Go into the "Void"?

Reading over some DSU provisions again, I wonder if there is an argument that appeals need not go into the "void" in the absence of the Appellate Body, at least not permanently. DSU Article 16.4 says: "If a party has notified its decision to appeal, the

Tenure Track IEL Job at Fletcher

The Fletcher School is seeking a professor of international economic law. Posted here: http://apply.interfolio.com/112725 Description The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, a leading graduate school of international relations, seeks to fill a full-time faculty position in international economic law at the assistant professor level.

Comments by WTO Members on the First Article 25 Arbitration Appeal (Plus Some U.S. Domestic Politics)

The Turkey - Pharmaceutical Products Article 25 arbitration award, which functioned as an alternative appellate review mechanism while Appellate Body appointments are still blocked, was discussed at the August 29 DSB meeting. Here's how the WTO web site summary of the meeting described comments from WTO Members on the