Speaker: Prof. Daniel C.K. Chow, the Frank E. and Virginia H. Bazler Chair in Business Law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

Time: 12:15-13:30 p.m., March 15, 2024, GMT+8

Venue: Room 207, STL, PKU. & Zoom Meeting ID: 881 1659 0841 (Passcode: 933715)

Abstract: 

The WTO is currently gripped in a crisis because its dispute settlement system can no longer fully function due to the actions of the United States. The WTO Appellate Body is paralyzed because the United States will not approve any new members, leaving the Appellate Body without sufficient members to constitute a quorum. The talk will explain that the United States does not intend to revive the Appellate Body but to replace the WTO dispute settlement system with a parallel dispute resolution mechanism of its own making found in U.S.-led free trade agreements.

Source: School of Transnational Law, PKU