DSU 25 Interim Appeals

There have been two recent additions to the MPIA: One new party and one new arbitrator nomination. The new party is Benin, which notified its decision to join on June 22. The new arbitrator nomination is the great Thomas Cottier. The World Trade Institute had this announcement: Switzerland has nominated

Paragraph 7 of the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU says: The participating Members envisage that appeal arbitrators will be provided with appropriate administrative and legal support, which will offer the necessary guarantees of quality and independence, given the nature of the responsibilities involved.

The WTO has just posted three sets of agreed procedures for arbitration under DSU Article 25, that is to say, procedures for appeals through the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA). The cases involved are Canada - Sale of Wine (DS537), Costa Rica - Avocados (DS524), and Canada - Aircraft

This is an announcement from New Zealand last week: The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade today announced Dr Penelope Ridings as New Zealand’s nomination for the pool of arbitrators established under the WTO interim appeals arrangement. The Ministry welcomes the Cabinet decision to nominate Dr Ridings

The Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU is up to 21 participants now: Ecuador and Nicaragua just joined. Other governments can join whenever they want, but if they want to be eligible to nominate candidates for the pool of arbitrators, they have 10 days

The deadline for submitting nominations for the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement pool of arbitrators is May 30. The EU didn't waste any time with their pick, nominating Joost Pauwelyn. First off, let me say congrats to Joost! I can't think of a better choice. Second,

From the European Commission: Today, the EU and other WTO members have formally notified the ‘Multi-party interim appeal arbitration arrangement’ (MPIA) to the World Trade Organization (WTO). This notification marks the start of the application of the MPIA to disputes arising between the participating WTO members. Annex 2 of the

The EU has announced that it and 15 other WTO Members have "decided on an arrangement that will allow them to bring appeals and solve trade disputes among them despite the current paralysis of the WTO Appellate Body." It explains that "[t]he Multiparty Interim Appeal Arbitration

This is a guest post by Mattijs Kempynck* & Akhil Raina** Introduction: Learning how to say ‘I-A-A-A’ The recent Davos summit filled in the ‘void’ somewhat. Ever since the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Appellate Body (AB) became non-functional in early December last year, commentators of all hues had been

Tom Miles provided a link the EU's Interim Appeal Arbitration proposal in the comments, and Steve referred to it in the last post. A searchable PDF version is here. Overall I think it is a good temporary solution and could work pretty well. Some noteworthy elements: - "