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The positive features of the WTO dispute process are worth noting. First, the dispute settlement system has compulsory jurisdiction that is not contestable. Second, decisions are fairly rapid in comparison to national court or international tribunal timetables. Third, judgments by the panel or Appellate Body are published immediately on the WTO website. Fourth, panels can draw in scientific expertise and have done so in most of the cases involving the environment or public health. Fifth, the experiment of the Appellate Body has been successful; the Appellate Body has corrected several panel decisions that were clearly erroneous. Sixth, the panels and the Appellate Body have been sensitive to the need to interpret the WTO agreements within the context of public international law. One can dispute whether they have gone too far or not far enough, but hardly anyone would claim today that the WTO ought to be a self–contained system of law.

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There are six positive features with the WTO dispute process which are worth noting: first, the dispute settlement system has absolute jurisdiction; secondly, decisions are fairly rapid; thirdly, judgments by the panel or Appellate Body are published immediately on the WTO website; fourthly, panels can draw in scientific expertise; fifthly, the experiment of the Appellate Body has been successful in which the Body has corrected several panel decisions that were clearly erroneous; and sixthly, the panels and Appellate Body have been sensitive to the need to interpret the WTO agreements within the context of public international law.

有六个世贸组织争端解决程序的优点值得注意，第一，争端解决体系具有绝对的裁决权；第二，判决速度相当快；第三，专家小组或上诉受理机构的裁决会在世贸组织的网站上立即公布；第四，专家小组能吸收科学的专业知识；第五，上诉受理机构的试验一直很成功，其中该机构已几次纠正了专家小组裁决中的明显错误；第六，专家小组和上诉受理机构知道有必要在国际公法的范围内诠释世贸组织的协议。

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