WTO members begin search for new dispute settlement reform facilitator

As World Trade Organization members aim to meet their 2024 deadline for fully functioning dispute settlement system, the first objective – finding a new facilitator for reform talks – already is proving challenging and is not likely to be met this month. Following February’s 13th ministerial conference, at which trade ministers reaffirmed their dispute settlement reform mandate, members are looking for a new facilitator to lead the talks following the sudden firing of the previous one, former Guatemalan Deputy Permanent...