Fri 21 May 2019
By Associate Professor Weihuan Zhou
UNSW Law’s China International Business and Economic Law (CIBEL) Centre member Dr Weihuan Zhou and a fellow of the CIBEL Centre, Pro Vice Chancellor (South Western Sydney) and the Dean of the School of Law of the University of Wollongong Professor Colin Picker recently co-authored an opinion piece on the East Asia Forum on the ongoing crisis in the dispute settlement mechanism (DSM) of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
They argued that one of the key concerns has been “judicial overreach of the adjudicative bodies taking the legislative power away from WTO members”, at least as some members see it. Thus, “a mechanism which provides for an effective political check on the decisions of the WTO tribunals is needed”.
The full article is available here.
Dr Zhou is a Senior Lecturer of the UNSW Law. His Twitter is @WeihuanZhou.