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Reckoning and Renewal: The World Trade Organization and Its Dispute Settlement System at 30 offers a timely and in-depth reflection on the evolution of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its dispute settlement system on the occasion of its 30th anniversary. In a decade marked by unprecedented challenges - including the US blockade of the WTO's dispute resolution process, the rise of national security disputes, and the US-China trade war - this volume provides a critical reassessment of the WTO's achievements, failures, and prospects for renewal.
Bringing together leading experts, the book examines the organization's past, diagnoses the challenges facing its dispute settlement system, and explores potential reforms both within and beyond the WTO framework. This collection also celebrates the extraordinary career of Valerie Hughes - the first and only person to lead both the WTO's Legal Affairs Division and its Appellate Body Secretariat - whose contributions have shaped the field of international trade law.
Featuring insights from Hughes' colleagues, mentees, and students, this landmark volume is the first liber amicorum dedicated to a woman in international trade law, offering both a tribute and a roadmap for the future of global trade governance.
Review Quotes: "Maya Angelou once said, 'You can't really know where you are going until you know where you have been.' Through a rich collection of essays honouring Valerie Hughes' trade law career, readers are guided through the institutional history of the World Trade Organization. Thirty-four contributions offer genuinely innovative assessments of the development of WTO institutions through personal experiences and historical reflections. Readers will learn about Hughes' legacy as a leader, mentor, and trade law professional and, most importantly, how personal relationships underscore the rules, disputes, and politics of the multilateral trade system."--Mona Paulsen, Assistant Professor of Law, London School of Economics
"This excellent collection of essays on the WTO's dispute settlement system in honor of Valerie Hughes, who gave so much to it as longstanding director of the WTO's Legal Affairs Division as well as of the WTO Appellate Body Secretariat, is an important read. Wonderfully organized and edited by Nicolas Lamp, this book, which addresses the system's achievements, shortcomings, and uncertain future, is especially important at a time when the world's great power, the United States, undermines trade multilateralism and its dispute settlement system. There are many lessons to be learned from a diverse set of distinguished authors, many of whom have played and are continuing to play key roles in the system."--Gregory Shaffer, Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of International Law, Georgetown University Law Center
"This book provides a cornucopia of rich insights by 44 commentators into the evolution of the dispute settlement regime of the World Trade Organizations and its current state of crisis, mostly by insiders either domestically or internationally. It appropriately honours the profound influence of Valerie Hughes in shaping developments in both domains."--Michael Trebilcock, University Professor Emeritus of Law and Economics, University of Toronto