Inside Trade

February 14, 2025

Outlook 2025: WTO dispute settlement

WTO dispute settlement reform will continue in 2025, but uncertainty abounds

By Hannah Monicken  / December 27, 2024 at 1:00 PM
The World Trade Organization failed to deliver a reformed dispute settlement system in 2024. Negotiators want to maintain the momentum in the talks in 2025, but a slew of factors -- a new U.S. administration, a departed facilitator, an ongoing chasm in member views of the Appellate Body -- are setting the discussions up for uncertainty in the near term. WTO members had aimed to agree to a fully functioning dispute settlement system by 2024. While they did make “...

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