WTO’s Appellate Body: Analysis Sees A More Limited Future

A new analysis of the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement process , with particular focus on the future of its Appellate Body, concludes that the body “will increasingly face jurisdictional limits.” WTO members, it says, “will at some point not tolerate a situation in which the WTO becomes in essence a kritarchy * – a rule by judges. So the question is posed, where can WTO dispute settlement be effective for emerging issues? What are the limits beyond which it...