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Comment on a WTO Permanent Panel Body

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  • Jacques H.J. Bourgeois

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The task of commenting usefully on Professor Davey's 'The Case for a WTO Permanent Panel Body' is not an easy one. He speaks with the authority of one that, in his former capacity of Director of the WTO Legal Affairs Division, has in fact had a major role in selecting panelists as a result of the frequent failure of parties to agree on a slate of panelists, and has followed closely on the ground the functioning of panels under the new WTO dispute settlement system. Moreover, a commentator is expected to disagree so as to provoke a debate. This commentator happens to share Professor Davey's overall assessment that the permanent panel body proposal does have sufficient benefits to make it worth going forward. So, these comments are 'concurring' rather than 'dissenting'. I will deal first with the potential advantages and then with the potential disadvantages, ending with a brief concluding remark. Copyright Oxford University Press 2003, Oxford University Press.

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  • Jacques H.J. Bourgeois, 2003. "Comment on a WTO Permanent Panel Body," Journal of International Economic Law, Oxford University Press, vol. 6(1), pages 211-235, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jieclw:v:6:y:2003:i:1:p:211-235
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    1. Thomas A. Zimmermann, 2005. "WTO Dispute Settlement at Ten: Evolution, Experiences, and Evaluation," Aussenwirtschaft, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science, Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economics Research, vol. 60(01), pages 27-61, March.
    2. Johannesson, Louise, 2018. "Efficiency Gains and Time-savings of Permanent Panels in the WTO Dispute Settlement," Working Paper Series 1219, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.

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