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  • WTO Dispute Settlement Reform – An Issue That Goes Beyond the 14th Ministerial Conference
    Prepared by: Atul Kaushik and Renu
    policy-brief

    Trade Ministers are not going to negotiate Dispute Settlement reform during MC14 at Yaoundé, Cameroon. In any case, the draft texts on the reform proposals are far from a stage where they could become a good basis for a negotiated outcome. Multi-Party Interim Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA) an interim arrangement set up by some WTO members in the meanwhile is not a permanent solution replacing the Appellate Body. Hence, developing countries must continue to engage in the ongoing work with the understanding that closely following the discussion and participating actively in it is necessary to protect their interests as the texts and reform proposals evolve into their next stages. This requires a collective voice of the Global South to call for an inclusive process for the discussions after MC14.