China rebuts U.S. claims that Appellate Body cannot review factual findings

China on Wednesday pushed back against one of the United States’ principal criticisms of the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body, claiming it does have the authority to review a dispute settlement panel’s factual findings. China laid out its position at a Wednesday Dispute Settlement Body meeting, roughly one month after the U.S. made its case that the Appellate Body should be limited to reviewing whether a panel erred in its rulings of whether measures are compatible with WTO rules --...