Disruptive construction or constructive destruction? Reflections on the Appellate Body crisis

• Main Author: GAO, Henry S.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Appellate Body; Dispute Settlement; Stare Decisis; Precedent; Common Law; Civil Law; International Trade Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3076; https://search.library.smu.edu.sg/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma99556452502601&context=L&vid=65SMU_INST:SMU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,The%20Appellate%20Body%20of%20the%20WTO%20and%20its%20reform&offset=0
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Over the past few months, the blockage of the Appellate Body appointment process by the United State (hereinafter U.S.) has emerged as the biggest existential threat to the World Trade Organization (hereinafter WTO). In response to the criticisms from other WTO Members, the U.S. justified its action...