对外轻济贸易大学 世界贸易组织法 contrast to the GATT requirement of a consensus to go forward).Those stages are panel establishment,report(including Panel Report and Appellate Body Report)adoption and authorization of suspension of concessions.In addition,default terms of reference of panels were provided for in the absence of an agreement thereon and the Director-General was authorized to compose panels in the absence of party agreement. The members generally expressed satisfaction with the WTO dispute settlement system.It would be a mistake,however,to be too sanguine about the assured successful future of the system.There are two areas of current concern with the operation of the WTO dispute settlement system-the recent sharp decline in new consultation requests and the continuing problem of non-implementation or delayed implementation of adopted panel/Appellate Body reports, particularly in the case of the United States. 第3页共3页对外经济贸易大学 世界贸易组织法 第 3 页 共 3 页 contrast to the GATT requirement of a consensus to go forward). Those stages are panel establishment, report (including Panel Report and Appellate Body Report) adoption and authorization of suspension of concessions. In addition, default terms of reference of panels were provided for in the absence of an agreement thereon and the Director-General was authorized to compose panels in the absence of party agreement. The members generally expressed satisfaction with the WTO dispute settlement system. It would be a mistake, however, to be too sanguine about the assured successful future of the system. There are two areas of current concern with the operation of the WTO dispute settlement system – the recent sharp decline in new consultation requests and the continuing problem of non-implementation or delayed implementation of adopted panel/Appellate Body reports, particularly in the case of the United States