Overlaps and Conflicts of Jurisdiction between the World Trade Organization and Regional Trade Agreements
Overlaps and Conflicts of Jurisdiction between the World Trade Organization and Regional Trade Agreements
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世界贸易组织与区域贸易协定管辖权的重叠和冲突
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2004
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G. Marceau
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Kyung Kwak;G. Marceau
本文探讨区域贸易协定（RTA）争端解决机制与世界贸易组织（WTO）争端解决机制之间司法管辖权的横向分配问题。在解决争端方面可能出现管辖权重叠的各种情况。由于世贸组织争端解决机制的准自动和强制性质，管辖权的重叠甚至冲突是不可避免的。为了进一步讨论这一问题，该条进而审查了涉及重叠和冲突的一些国际商法原则：管辖地和管辖地不重叠;不在犯罪现场待决和既判力以及一般国际法原则;滥用程序、滥用权利和善意;用尽区域贸易协定补救办法;提交国际法院;以及援引DSU第13条从RTA程序中获取证据的可能性。最后，文章指出，在国际法的现状下，没有任何规则能够有效地解决WTO协定和区域贸易协定中管辖权重叠所产生的冲突。因此，应由各国决定世贸组织和区域贸易协定的争端解决机制应如何运作和相互作用。文章最后指出了进一步讨论的领域。
Summary This article addresses the issue of horizontal allocation of judicial jurisdiction between the dispute settlement mechanisms of regional trade agreements (RTAs) and that of the World Trade Organization (WTO). There could be various instances where overlaps of jurisdiction in dispute settlement could occur. Overlaps and even conflicts of jurisdiction are unavoidable due to the quasi-automatic and compulsory nature of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism. With a view to furthering discussions on this issue, the article proceeds to examine a number of principles of international commercial law that deal with overlaps and conflicts: forum conveniens and forum non conveniens; lis alibi pendens and res judicata as well as the principle of general international law; abuse of process, abuse of rights, and good faith; the exhaustion of RTA remedies; reference to the International Court of Justice; and the possibility of invoking Article 13 of the DSU to obtain evidence from RTA proceedings. Finally, the article suggests that in the current state of international law, no rules seem to offer any effective answer to resolve conflicts resulting from overlaps of jurisdiction in the context of the WTO Agreement and RTAs. It is thus for states to decide how the dispute settlement mechanisms of the WTO and RTAs should operate and interact with each other. The article concludes by pointing to areas of further discussions.