The Effectiveness of the World Trade Organisation Dispute Settlement System for Developing Countries in Africa-Lessons for the African Continental Free Trade Area
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Date
2021Author
Gichane, Patricia W
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This study is on the dispute settlement mechanisms in the trade regime of the World
Trade Organization (WTO) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA). It
aims at analyzing whether the dispute settlement mechanism is an effective form of
dispute settlement for African Countries.
The main problem the study scrutinizes is the underutilization of the World Trade
Organization dispute settlement system by African Countries, and whether a similar
effect would persist within the African Continental Free Trade Area, that adopts a replica
of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism. The study highlights the significance of
settling trade disputes through a rule based system that offers predictability and security
to investors in trade.
In its conclusion the study affirms the hypothesis that the AFCFTA’s dispute settlement
mechanism will similarly remain underutilized by African countries for trade disputes.
Finally, it recommends measures that African countries may consider to make the
AFCFTA’s dispute settlement mechanism more effective than the WTO dispute settlement
system has been for them.
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University of Nairobi
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