The treatment of transparency and confidentiality in the EU system is probably closer to the mainstream as expressed in the WTO ADA than APO systems: most jurisdictions worldwide have no APO system. What is more, on the continuum between the two poles of confidentiality and transparency, the EU system is arguably already a bit closer to the transparency pole than most trade defence systems, in particular thanks to the function of the Hearing Officer. Accordingly, for the EU to move further towards increased transparency through the introduction of an APO system would be no small step.
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