Sa Qianyi | Impact of China's Accession Protocol on Its Participation in the Dispute Settlement Mech
December 7th,The "2024 International Trade Disputes and Globalization Restructuring Academic Symposium"Successfully held at Lingnan University in Hong Kong."
Sa Xiyi, a lecturer at Tianjin Normal University, attended the eighth sub-forum, "Response to Trade Policy Shocks," moderated by Shi Wei, a professor at the Institute of Economics and Social Sciences of Jinan University, and shared her article entitled "Impact of China's Accession Protocol on China's Engagement with the Dispute Settlement Mechanism: An Analysis of Eleven Protocol-related Cases."
Sa Xiyi is a lecturer at Tianjin Normal University. Her research interests include WTO law, international trade law, and international arbitration and mediation. She leads projects for the Tianjin Municipal Judicial Administration Service Center, the Tianjin Arbitration Commission, and the Tianjin Law Society. She holds a PhD in Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
Cai Wei, Associate Professor at the School of Law, Sun Yat-sen University, commented on the article. He suggested providing a theoretical basis for the article's conclusions and offering more detailed explanations of key terms, the language of the WTO Accession Protocol, and the key clauses of the Working Group Report. He recommended that each case, or cases within the same field (such as raw materials), be analyzed independently, as different cases present different industry and legal issues, and although these cases are related, they are fundamentally different. He believes that archival materials from the drafting process of the Protocol and the Report can be used to gain a deeper understanding of relevant concepts. Furthermore, legal interpretation alone is insufficient, especially in controversial cases. Emphasis should be placed on industry or political tensions to support the arguments, and further elaboration should be provided on the two types of exceptions: general exceptions and security exceptions.