WTO Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA)

Current list of MPIA parties (29, including EU-27): Australia; Benin; Brazil; Canada; China; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; European Union; Guatemala; Hong Kong, China; Iceland; Japan; Macao, China; Malaysia; Mexico; Montenegro; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Norway; Pakistan; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Singapore; Switzerland; Ukraine; Uruguay.

Arbitrators

Statement on launching process for partial re-composition of Pool of Standing Arbitrators in 2025 (WTO Document JOB/DSB/1/Add.12/Supp.11) (July 12, 2024)

Agreement that the Pool of Standing Arbitrators Remains Unchanged (WTO Document JOB/DSB/1/Add.12/Supp.8) (July 5, 2022)

Announcement of the Pool of 10 Standing Arbitrators for the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU (WTO Document JOB/DSB/1/Add.12/Supp.5) (July 31, 2020)

• Mr Mateo Diego-Fernández ANDRADE (Mexico)

• Mr Thomas COTTIER (Switzerland)

• Ms Locknie HSU (Singapore)

• Ms Valerie HUGHES (Canada)

• Mr Alejandro JARA (Chile)

• Mr José Alfredo Graça LIMA (Brazil)

• Ms Claudia OROZCO (Colombia)

• Mr Joost PAUWELYN (Belgium)

• Dr Penelope RIDINGS (New Zealand)

• Mr Guohua YANG (China)

Parties

Malaysia statement on Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU (WTO Document JOB/DSB/1/Add.12/Supp.13) (May 23, 2025)

Paraguay statement on Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU (WTO Document JOB/DSB/1/Add.12/Supp.12) (May 6, 2025)

Philippines statement on Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU (WTO Document JOB/DSB/1/Add.12/Supp.10) (May 16, 2024)

Japan statement on Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU (WTO Document JOB/DSB/1/Add.12/Supp.9) (March 10, 2023)

Peru statement on Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU (WTO Document JOB/DSB/1/Add.12/Supp.7) (February 10, 2021)

Macao, China statement on Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU (WTO Document JOB/DSB/1/Add.12/Supp.6) (September 18, 2020)

Montenegro statement on Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU (WTO Document JOB/DSB/1/Add.12/Supp.4) (July 24, 2020)

Benin statement on Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU (WTO Document JOB/DSB/1/Add.12/Supp.3) (June 22, 2020)

Nicaragua statement on Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU (WTO Document JOB/DSB/1/Add.12/Supp.2) (May 19, 2020)

Ecuador statement on Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU (WTO Document JOB/DSB/1/Add.12/Supp.1) (May 15, 2020)

Original parties: Australia; Brazil; Canada; China; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; the European Union; Guatemala; Hong Kong, China; Iceland; Mexico; New Zealand; Norway; Pakistan; Singapore; Switzerland; Ukraine and Uruguay

Texts

U.S. Letter to WTO Director-General (June 5, 2020)

Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU (WTO Document JOB/DSB/1/Add.12) (April 30, 2020)

Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU (EU text) (April 30, 2020)

Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU (EU text) (March 27, 2020 version)

Canada/EU statement on Interim Appeal Arbitration Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU (WTO Document JOB/DSB/1/Add.11/Rev.1) (October 21, 2019)

EU/Norway statement on Interim Appeal Arbitration Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU (WTO Document JOB/DSB/1/Add.11/Supp.1) (October 21, 2019)

Canada/EU statement on Interim Appeal Arbitration Pursuant to Article 25 of the DSU (WTO Document JOB/DSB/1/Add.11) (July 25, 2019)

Interim Appeal Arbitration Pursuant to Article 25 DSU (EU text) (May 16, 2019)