Bulletin n. 1/2008
May 2008
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Van Damme Isabelle
    Seventh Annual WTO Conference: an Overview
    in Journal of International Economic Law , Volume 11, Number 1 ,  2008 ,  155-165
    The Seventh Annual WTO Conference, held on 22–23 May 2007 and co-organized by the Institute of International Economic Law (‘IIEL’) and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (‘BIICL’), offered a platform for trade scholars, practitioners and diplomats to debate systemic issues relating to WTO dispute settlement and the integration of trade regulation within the broader global regulatory framework.1 The Annual WTO Conference has become an established annual meeting point for discussing current developments in WTO dispute settlement and equally for reflecting on the system's future directions. The first day of the Conference featured panels on the EC – Biotech Products report of the Dispute Settlement Body (‘DSB’), the role of precedent, compliance and remedies and finally the (lack of) interaction between dispute resolution under the WTO and preferential or free trade agreements (‘FTAs’). The second day prompted a different type of discussion about alternative ways of conceptualizing the international trading system. Themes such as global administrative law, constitutionalism, global economic regulation and the proliferation of international dispute settlement fora offered panellists the opportunity to expand the current framework in which WTO law is commonly analysed. This article presents an overview of the panel presentations and ensuing discussion during the two-day conference.
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