DSU 25 Interim Appeals

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: - "

Some of my old friends and colleagues from Geneva have a new paper (available as a CTEI Working Paper here) in which they explain that DSU Article 25 is drafted in terms that are sufficiently flexible to allow an appellate process that replicates closely the essential features of the process