This book provides readers with a unique opportunity to explore how the international economic legal order (IELO) may look in a post-WTO world. The substance of this book presupposes (whether correct or not) that the WTO either: (a) Stagnates into the foreseeable future (Doha withers, no new Rounds, at best minor amendments, little new jurisprudence, effective collapse of the DSB); or (b) Falls apart completely.

Will be used in courses aimed at international economic law, international business, political economy, political science as a reference source for teachers and students

Part I: The Post-WTO: Introduction.- An Introduction to Utopian and Dystopian Post-WTO Regimes and Environments.- Part II: The Post-WTO: Macro and Theoretical Perspectives.- To Dystopia and Beyond: The WTO in a Warming Megaregional World.- Narrowed Down Utopia: Adjusting the WTO to a Changing Trade Environment.- Waiting for Cordell Hull.- GAIA 2048-A 'Glocal Agency in Anthropocene': Cognitive and Institutional Change as 'Legal Science Fiction'.- If the WTO Were to Break Down Completely, Would We Stoop and Build It Up with Worn-Out Tools?.- Part III: The Post-WTO: Dispute Settlement.- The EU Approach to Overcome the WTO Dispute Settlement Vacuum: Article 25 DSU Interim Appeal Arbitration as a Bridge Between Renovation and Innovation.- Like a Rolling Stone: Exploring Viable Options for the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism to Evolve Forward in the Post-WTO Era.- What Can We Learn from Our Struggling Cousin?: Recent Discussions on Reform of International Investment Law and Investment Dispute Settlement Proceedings.- Reaching for Utopia, Geneva as Inspiration for Investment Disputes?.- A Possible Hierarchy of Dispute Settlement Systems?.- Part IV: The Post-WTO: Specific International Economic Law Issues.- The Concern with Non-concerns: For the End of Trade Dystopia.- The Rise of Import Substitution Subsidies and Local Content Requirements in a Dystopian WTO 2.0 Regime.- A Development-Driven Post WTO World.- Saving the World Trade Order from the Bottom Up: A Role for Preferential Trade Agreements.- A New International Trade Framework for Digital Assets.