The data issued by the WTO Secretariat on disputes shows that "developing countries" have participated in one-third of the cases 1995-2005. The data should be corrected to exclude some OECD member countries and some others with high GDP per capita. These adjustments reduce by about 30 the number...

The ongoing reform of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) underlines the pertinence of an old question that has received various and conflicting answers: is investment arbitration a public or a private method of dispute settlement? A key criticism levelled at investment treaty arbitration...

African countries are currently negotiating the substantive and procedural rules under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) Competition Protocol. However, the most daunting task ahead for the negotiators is whether to institutionalize cooperation by delegating authority to the...

Asian countries have actively engaged in global FTA races and led rule development in terms of FTA negotiations. While proliferating FTAs raise concern for growing inconsistency problems between the WTO and FTAs, this paper shows diverging approaches in Asian FTAs in relation to dispute...

For many years now, lack of progress in multilateral trade negotiations has been a major cause of concern among WTO members. With diversity in the economic situation of members and differences in their stages of development, delay in concluding trade agreements is inevitable. However, the...