WTO Law and Process: Proceedings of the 2005 and 2006 Annual WTO Conferences

Each year in May, leading academics, national and international policy-makers, judges, legal practitioners and NGO representatives gather in London to discuss topical issues of the world trading system. London's Annual WTO conference, organized jointly by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the Institute of International Economic Law at Georgetown University Law Center, has grown into the most important annual event of its kind in the field. This book collects the presentations and discussions at the last two Annual WTO Conferences in 2005 and 2006. Each conference addressed a broad range of topics relating to the WTO dispute settlement system (such as treaty interpretation, the Appellate Body's role in public international law, the relevance of non-trade interests and values, challenges of compliance, the principle of judicial economy) as well as broader institutional and constitutional issues facing the WTO (such as the impact of WTO disputes on the Doha negotiations, the relationship between trade and investment disputes and the role of the WTO in regulatory convergence). This publication seeks to preserve the abundance of insights and ideas that were shared by very distinguished experts in the field as well as recording the ensuing debate on these interesting and complex topics.

Table of Contents:
PART I Fifth Annual WTO Conference (2005) The Tenth Anniversary of WTO Dispute Settlement: An Appraisal INTRODUCTION Chair: Sir Francis Jacobs The Judicialization and Legalization of the Process Thomas Cottier CHAPTER 1 Non-Trade Interests and Values Chair: Mads Andenas Joanne Scott Donald Regan Markus Krajewski Sungjoon Cho Federico Ortino CHAPTER 2 The Appellate Body and Public International Law Chair: William Davey Lorand Bartels Niall Meagher Barbara Oliveira CHAPTER 3 Compliance and Remedies Chair: Jane Bradley William Davey Timothy Brightbill Arwel Davies Locknie Hsu Gary Horlick Discussion CHAPTER 4 The Appellate Body and the Courts. Chair: Francis Jacobs Piet Eeckhout Carlos Vazquez Jeffrey Dunoff Isabelle van Damme CHAPTER 5 A WTO Case Study--the Cotton Dispute Chair: William Davey Todd Friedbacher Nicolas Lockhart Christian Lau Luca Rubini Melaku Geboye Desta Discussion CHAPTER 6 The Impact of WTO Disputes on the Doha Negotiations Chair: Gary Horlick Niall Meagher Timothy Brightbill Fiona Smith CHAPTER 7 'The Future of the WTO'--Consultative Board Report Chair: Thomas Cottier Joost Pauwelyn Deborah Cass Donald Regan Peter van den Bossche John Jackson PART II Sixth Annual WTO Conference (2006) WTO Dispute Settlement: Current and Future Challenges Opening Remarks Sir Francis Jacobs CHAPTER 1 What Conduct is a Member Responsible For? Chair: William Davey Sharif Bhuiyan Moritz Wagner, Nicolas Lockhart Discussion CHAPTER 2 Exceptions to the Rules: Evolving Jurisprudence Chair: Werner Zdouc Don Regan Debra Steger Peter Van den Bossche Lorand Bartels Intan Murnira Ramli Discussion CHAPTER 3 Jurisdictional Issues in WTO Disputes: 'Judicial Economy' and 'Completing the Analysis' Chair: Donald McRae Jan Bohanes Valerie Hughes Tim Brightbill Todd Friedbacher Helge Seland Discussion CHAPTER 4 Treaty Interpretation Revisited: Interpreting Schedules of Concessions Chair: Marco Bronckers Cherise Valles Isabelle Van Damme Claudio Dordi Thomas Cottier Discussion CHAPTER 5 Regulatory Convergence--A Role for the WTO? Chair: John Jackson Andrew Lang Joanne Scott Christian Pitschas Piet Eeckhout Werner P Meng Discussion CHAPTER 6 Trade and Investment Disputes: Complement or Conflict? Chair: Federico Ortino Gaetan Verhoosel Lothar Ehring Joost Pauwelyn Milos Barutciski Ibironke Odumosu Discussion CHAPTER 7 Doha Development Round: Current and Future Challenges Chair: Jane Bradley Meredith Kolsky Lewis Seema Sapra Bruce Wilson, Stefan Amarasinha Sungjoon Cho Liz Stuart Discussion

About the Author :
Federico Ortino is Fellow in International Economic Law and Director of the Investment Treaty Forum at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London. Sergey Ripinsky is Research Fellow in Public International Law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London.