Title: Several International Law Issues Related to the WTO’s Future

Author: Zhang Naigen

Abstract: The WTO is facing an unprecedented crisis of existence. Considering the root causes of the crisis and its international relation background, it is necessary to explore international law issues related to the WTO’ s future, the first issue being in respect of treaty law, the second issue concerning the laws on peaceful settlement of international disputes and the last one regarding the laws on international organizations. Based on the WTO rule system and dispute settlement mechanism as well as organizational reform tendency, China should be aware of its special status, support the existing multilateral trade rules and the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA) as the link maintaining the existence of the WTO multilateral trading system, advance the formulation of new rules by means of plurilateral agreements under the multilateral framework, and insist on this organization’ s future reform towards the principle of institutional inclusiveness under the Charter of the United Nations.

Keywords: WTO’s future, International law, Reform, China’s coping measures