Three Years of the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement: An Interim Evaluation of Arbitration as a Means to Appeal WTO Panel Reports
In response to the shutdown of the WTO Appellate Body in 2019, a subset of WTO Members entered into the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (“MPIA”). The MPIA has been in effect since 30 April 2020. Although it is an “interim” arrangement that will only function as long as the Appellate Body is inoperative, it…