WTO Dispute Settlement: Praise and Suggestions for Reform
- 1 July 1998
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in International & Comparative Law Quarterly
- Vol. 47 (3) , 647-658
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0020589300062217
Abstract
We have now had three years' experience with the dispute-settlement process of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which came into existence as a result of the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations on 1 January 1995. By any objective standard, this system of dispute settlement is a resounding success. Well over 100 cases have been brought to the WTO, and, as at the end of 1997,25cases had been settled at the consultation stage, 61 were under consultations and 36 were in or beyond the panel-appeal process. The newly created Appellate Body has decided nine cases, the quality of its opinions as well as those of the dispute-settlement panels is generally excellent. Member States of the WTO are complying with the rulings and recommendations adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO.Keywords
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