Petros C. Mavroidis, Edwin B. Parker Professor of Foreign and Comparative Law, Columbia Law School, USA and Non-resident Fellow, Bruegel, Belgium

‘Thanks to The WTO Dispute Settlement System we now have a comprehensive account—a time capsule, if you will—of what that institution, with all of its warts, has accomplished. And we have a guidebook that scholars and policymakers can use to revive and improve it once the current storm passes.’

• Contents: Introduction 1. Endless ordeal and no denouement 2. Adjudicating disputes at the WTO: a primer on the DSU 3. The actors, and their disputes 4. Consultations and the panel process 5. The process before the Appellate Body 6. The subject matter of disputes 7. The end of disputes 8. Suspension of concessions (retaliation) 9. The WTO judges 10. Dispute avoidance: specific trade concerns in the TBT and SPS agreements 11. The story that the numbers tell 12. The WTO DSU, a fixer-upper Bibliography Index

Petros C. Mavroidis, Edwin B. Parker Professor of Foreign and Comparative Law, Columbia Law School, USA and Non-resident Fellow, Bruegel, Belgium

‘Thanks to The WTO Dispute Settlement System we now have a comprehensive account—a time capsule, if you will—of what that institution, with all of its warts, has accomplished. And we have a guidebook that scholars and policymakers can use to revive and improve it once the current storm passes.’

• Contents: Introduction 1. Endless ordeal and no denouement 2. Adjudicating disputes at the WTO: a primer on the DSU 3. The actors, and their disputes 4. Consultations and the panel process 5. The process before the Appellate Body 6. The subject matter of disputes 7. The end of disputes 8. Suspension of concessions (retaliation) 9. The WTO judges 10. Dispute avoidance: specific trade concerns in the TBT and SPS agreements 11. The story that the numbers tell 12. The WTO DSU, a fixer-upper Bibliography Index

Petros C. Mavroidis, Edwin B. Parker Professor of Foreign and Comparative Law, Columbia Law School, USA and Non-resident Fellow, Bruegel, Belgium

‘Thanks to The WTO Dispute Settlement System we now have a comprehensive account—a time capsule, if you will—of what that institution, with all of its warts, has accomplished. And we have a guidebook that scholars and policymakers can use to revive and improve it once the current storm passes.’

• Contents: Introduction 1. Endless ordeal and no denouement 2. Adjudicating disputes at the WTO: a primer on the DSU 3. The actors, and their disputes 4. Consultations and the panel process 5. The process before the Appellate Body 6. The subject matter of disputes 7. The end of disputes 8. Suspension of concessions (retaliation) 9. The WTO judges 10. Dispute avoidance: specific trade concerns in the TBT and SPS agreements 11. The story that the numbers tell 12. The WTO DSU, a fixer-upper Bibliography Index