Outgoing DSB negotiating chair calls for incremental outcomes

Pointing to nearly 18 years of unsuccessful negotiations, the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body Special Session chairman on Monday told members they should be working toward “doable” outcomes that move talks forward incrementally. “While the DSB-[Special Session] has made significant headway since November 2017 in deepening participants' understanding of the issues and clarifying and improving the draft legal texts, the sobering reality is that this negotiating group has been at work for almost eighteen years and thus far no...