With grim outlook for Appellate Body resolution, WTO members move quickly on interim plan

World Trade Organization members are not optimistic about a near-term solution to revive the paralyzed Appellate Body, lending urgency in the push to secure an interim appeals mechanism that should be up and running before the June ministerial conference -- possibly as soon as next month, sources tell Inside U.S. Trade . The 17 members that announced last month their intent to launch talks for an interim appeals arrangement are already negotiating from a detailed text, which is similar to...