Research. WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism Appeal Procedures

On 1 January 1995, the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Dispute (DSU) entered into force. During it's first ten years, the DSU has since been applied to 324 complaints more cases than dispute settlement under the GATT1947 had dealt with in nearly five decades. The system is perceived, both by practitioners and in academic literature, to work generally well. However, it has also revealed some flaws. Negotiations to review and reform the DSU have been taking place since 1997 ( "DSU review" ), however, without yielding any result so far. In the meantime, WTO members and adjudicating bodies managed to develop the system further through evolving practice.It is a right time to take a overview and expectation of WTO dispute settlement system after it's ten years course. The dipute settlement system of GATT was abandoned by it's founders after it' s nearly 50 years work, because the system can not adapt the new posture of the international economic relationship and the new development of the international law. Considering the dispute settlement system of GATT, we have to acknowledge that it took a very important role in stabling and promoting the international economic relationship, but it's just the contribute of the founders of GATT in foretime, it can not stop the development and innovation of the WTO dispute settlement system. When WTO members and academic literature were take pleasure because of the great fruition that WTO dispute settlement achieved, we have to acknowledge that it also have many flaws, especially in appeal procedure. Like the dispute settlement system of GATT, the dispute settlement system of WTO also need development in practice, that need we take a overview in-depth to it.This article try to give a general study to appeal procedure of the dispute settlement system of WTO from system construction and the infection of it, and expatiate the basic rules and compare with...