East Asian countries have become much more active in utilizing the WTO dispute settlement system to assert their legal rights. The dispute settlement experience so far for these countries has shown strong tendency of domestic governments to defend economic interest of major industries. Their...

The post MC-9 WTO system needs to live with a mega FTA system. This situation raises several unprecedented issues for the multilateral trading system. When mega FTAs such as the TPP, EU-Japan FTA, TTIP, CJK FTA and TISA are concluded, market access negotiation under the Doha Round and the WTO...