WTO and the New Generation EU FTA Dispute Settlement Mechanisms

Dr. Cornelia Furculita is a Research Assistant at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer (Germany). She holds a Bachelor degree in Law from Moldova State University (Republic of Moldova), a Master degree in International Trade and Investment Law from the University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and a PhD in Law from Germany University of Administrative Sciences Speyer (Germany). From September 2017 until August 2020, she was a Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher at the University of Speyer, funded by the EU Horizon Project EUTIP. During her PhD studies, she was a visiting researcher at the University of Passau (Germany), T.M.C. Asser Instituut (the Netherlands), NautaDutilh (the Netherlands), and BusinessEurope (Belgium). Dr. Furculita has also taught the course entitled EU and International Trade Law at the University of Speyer in Winter Semester 2019-2020. She has also participated at the iCourts Summer Schools 2019 (Denmark) and presented her research at numerous conferences.

• Introduction.- Part I Context and Concepts.- Setting the Context.- Conceptual Framework.- Part II. Competing Interactions Between the WTO and the New Generation EU FTA DSMs.- The Changing Context.- Substantive Coverage and Considerations.- Competing Procedural Considerations.- Competing Political Considerations.- Conclusions on the Competing Interactions Between the WTO and the New Generation EU FTA DSMs.-Part III Conflicts of Jurisdiction Between the WTO and the New Generation EU FTA DSMs.- Conflicts of Jurisdiction Between the DSMs of the WTO and FTAs in General.- Assessment of the Jurisdictional Clauses in the New Generation EU FTAs.- Part IV. Cooperative Interactions Between the WTO and the New Generation EU FTA DSMs.- Judicial Communication.- Prospective Developments for Contemplation.- Conclusion.