000300070 001__ 300070 000300070 005__ 20250213135636.0 000300070 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1017/ajil.2022.20 000300070 037__ $$aARTICLE 000300070 245__ $$aWho guards the "guardians of the system"?$$bthe role of the secretariat in WTO dispute settlement 000300070 269__ $$a2022 000300070 336__ $$aJournal Articles 000300070 520__ $$aFor all the attention paid to the panelists and Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Secretariat plays an overlooked and increasingly important role in the dispute settlement mechanism (DSM), including in selecting panelists, writing “issue papers” for adjudicators, providing economic expert advice, participating in internal deliberations, and drafting actual rulings. This Article argues that, given these functions, the DSM is better understood to be a sui generis administrative review process than it is a “World Trade Court.” 000300070 542__ $$fOpen access article, Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 000300070 580__ $$aIn: American Journal of International Law. - Volume 116(2022), no 3, pages 534-566 000300070 6531_ $$aGlobal Governance$$0319128 000300070 6531_ $$aTrade and Work 000300070 700__ $$aPauwelyn, Joost 000300070 700__ $$aPelc, Krzysztof 000300070 8564_ $$916b53beb-fd27-400e-a04a-69435dad7a59$$s359947$$uhttps://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/300070/files/who-guards-the-guardians-of-the-system-the-role-of-the-secretariat-in-wto-dispute-settlement.pdf 000300070 901__ $$uInternational Law Department$$0319287 000300070 901__ $$uCentre for Trade and Economic Integration 000300070 909CO $$ooai:repository.graduateinstitute.ch:300070$$pGLOBAL_SET$$pIHEID:Explore 000300070 981__ $$aoverwrite