Let's talk trade by WTO Trade Goals: Rules and referees (S5 – Ep7)
Without rules and referees there would be no game. Each football match is policed by a cwho has full authority to enforce the law of the game. In multilateral trade, we have plenty of rules but no all-powerful referee to supervise them. The ultimate control on trade disputes remains with the WTO members themselves. In this episode of the Trade Goals podcast, Michael Roberts and Antonia Carzaniga look at how football and trade disputes arise and how they are resolved.
We talked to:
Philippe Senderos, Sporting Director of Servette FC, Geneva
Sean Cottrell, Founder and CEO of the sports law knowledge hub LawInSport
Carol Etter, Swiss Attorney-At-Law specialised in sports law and board member of FC Basel
Clarisse Morgan, Director of the WTO Rules Division
Valerie Hughes, Senior Counsel with law firm Bennett Jones, former Director of the WTO Legal Affairs and Appellate Body Divisions
Show notes
A world-famous football referee with a degree in economics
Peruvian and Chilean Football Associations file appeals with Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
Media release by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on 30 September 2022
CAS ruling in the matter of the player Byron Castillo
Media release by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on 8 November 2022
Rules-based trade explained (video)
Video "Let's Talk Rules-Based Trade"
Learn more about the WTO dispute settlement mechanism
The WTO dispute settlement mechanism explained
Understanding the WTO: the agreements
Laws of the Game 2021/2022
Download link to the Laws of the Game 2021/2022 from the FIFA website