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title: "Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement"
description: "The Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement enables WTO members to appeal rulings to binding arbitration, ensuring effective dispute resolution."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement is a plurilateral mechanism allowing participating WTO members to appeal panel rulings to binding arbitration while the Appellate Body remains paralysed.
- What is the legal basis of the MPIA?
- Why was the MPIA created?
- Does the United States participate in the MPIA?
- How does an MPIA appeal work procedurally?

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1. 30 April 2020

   It was notified to the WTO on and rests legally on Article 25 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU), which permits members to resort to arbitration…

2. 11 December 2019

   The MPIA was a direct response to the United States' sustained blocking of new appointments to the Appellate Body since 2017, which left that body below the…

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In 2022 the European Union and Colombia used the MPIA to resolve their dispute over Colombian anti-dumping duties on EU frozen fries through a binding Article 25 arbitration award, after the WTO Appellate Body remained inoperative.

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