Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement

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The Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement is a World Trade Organization mechanism created by a group of members to provide an alternative system for resolving trade dispute appeals while the WTO Appellate Body is non-functional.

All labels observed (2)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf WTO dispute settlement mechanism ⓘ
appeal arbitration arrangement ⓘ
international trade law instrument ⓘ
aimsTo maintain security and predictability of the multilateral trading system ⓘ
replicate key substantive and procedural aspects of Appellate Body review ⓘ
appliesTo disputes where both parties are MPIA participants ⓘ
awardEffect arbitration award replaces Appellate Body report for participating members ⓘ
bindingOn participating WTO members that consent to its use in a dispute ⓘ
conditionForUse mutual agreement of disputing parties to use MPIA ⓘ
createdAs interim solution to WTO Appellate Body paralysis ⓘ
createdInResponseTo blockage of Appellate Body appointments ⓘ
non-functioning of the WTO Appellate Body ⓘ
disputeSettlementInstrumentOf World Trade Organization ⓘ
disputeSettlementStage appeal ⓘ
establishedBy World Trade Organization members ⓘ
feature appeal arbitrators modelled on Appellate Body procedures ⓘ
binding arbitration awards on appeal issues ⓘ
confidential arbitration proceedings ⓘ
pool of arbitrators agreed by participating members ⓘ
public circulation of arbitration awards to WTO members ⓘ
time-limited appeal process ⓘ
written procedures for appeal arbitration ⓘ
geographicalScope global, limited to participating WTO members ⓘ
governedBy agreed procedures among participating WTO members ⓘ
hasAbbreviation MPIA ⓘ
hasCharacteristic does not amend the WTO agreements ⓘ
implemented through agreed procedures rather than formal treaty amendment ⓘ
open to accession by additional WTO members ⓘ
plurilateral among WTO members ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
institutionalContext World Trade Organization ⓘ
isAlsoKnownAs MPIA appeal arbitration arrangement ⓘ
Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement for Appeals ⓘ
isVoluntaryFor WTO members ⓘ
legalBasis Article 25 of the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ
participatingEntityType WTO member ⓘ
proceduralModel WTO Appellate Body Working Procedures ⓘ
linked to: WTO Appellate Body
purpose to preserve a two-tier dispute settlement system among participating WTO members ⓘ
to provide an alternative system for resolving appeals in WTO trade disputes ⓘ
relatedTo WTO Appellate Body ⓘ
WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ
replacesFunctionOf WTO Appellate Body for participating members ⓘ
linked to: WTO Appellate Body
scope appeals of WTO panel reports between participating members ⓘ
status interim ⓘ
subjectArea WTO law ⓘ
international trade disputes ⓘ
usesInstrument arbitration under Article 25 of the DSU ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

WTO Appellate Body → successorMechanismProposedByMembers → Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement ⓘ
Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement → isAlsoKnownAs → Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement for Appeals ⓘ
linked to: Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement