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Completing the Analysis in WTO Appeals: The Practice and its Limitations

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  • Alan Yanovich
  • Tania Voon

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Since its creation in 1995, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has gradually constructed a consistent approach to completing panels' analysis where the circumstances permit. The need for this practice stems from the limitation of WTO appeals to issues of law and the absence of remand in WTO disputes. The Appellate Body can be seen to complete a panel's analysis in two different scenarios: to deal with a claim that the panel failed to address; or to apply a different legal interpretation to the facts of the case, where the Appellate Body has reversed or modified the panel's legal interpretation. In deciding whether to complete a panel's analysis, the Appellate Body appears to consider three criteria: the existence of uncontested facts to resolve the matter, the connection between the legal issues to be addressed in completing the analysis and those considered by the panel, and the due process rights of the parties to the dispute. Where these criteria are not satisfied, the Appellate Body is unable to complete the analysis, and the dispute may go unresolved. This is an increasing problem, highlighting the need for WTO Members to agree on a suitable remand mechanism. Copyright 2006, Oxford University Press.

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  • Alan Yanovich & Tania Voon, 2006. "Completing the Analysis in WTO Appeals: The Practice and its Limitations," Journal of International Economic Law, Oxford University Press, vol. 9(4), pages 933-950, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jieclw:v:9:y:2006:i:4:p:933-950
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    1. Paola Conconi & Tania Voon, 2015. "EC-Seal Products: The Tension between Public Morals and International Trade Agreements," Working Papers ECARES ECARES 2015-30, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.

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