International Trade and Investment Dispute Settlement: From Rise to Crisis and Reform

A comparative examination of dispute settlement under the WTO, regional trade agreements, and investor-state arbitration (ISDS). Tracing the origins, development and current difficulties of both regimes, it covers the WTO’s paralysed Appellate Body since 2019 and reform efforts underway at the WTO, ICSID and UNCITRAL, including proposals for a Multilateral Investment Court.