DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
ANNUAL REPORT (2025)
The Report was prepared pursuant to the
Procedures for an Annual Overview of WTO Activities and for Reporting under the
WTO (_WT/L/105)
and sets out the actions taken by the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) in the
period since its previous Annual Report.[1]
In carrying out its tasks, the DSB held 12 meetings
since the period covered by the previous Report. The minutes of these meetings,
which remain the record of the DSB's work, are contained in documents _WT/DSB/M/496
– _WT/DSB/M/507[2]
and should be read in conjunction with this Report.
The following matters are included in this
Report:
Table of Contents
1 ELECTION OF
CHAIRPERSON.. 2
2 APPOINTMENT OF
APPELLATE BODY MEMBERS. 2
3 INDICATIVE LIST OF
GOVERNMENTAL AND NON‑GOVERNMENTAL PANELISTS. 4
4 ADOPTION OF THE
2025 DRAFT ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DSB. 4
5 ESTABLISHMENT OF
PANELS AND REQUESTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF PANELS. 4
6 ADOPTION OF PANEL
REPORTS. 5
7 STATEMENTS OF
INTENTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DSB RECOMMENDATIONS AND
RULINGS. 5
8 STATUS REPORTS ON
PROGRESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE DSB. 5
9 OTHER MATTERS. 7
10 CONCLUSION.. 8
[2] This
Report includes activities that took place during meetings of the DSB from
18 December 2024 through 24 November 2025.