U.S. continues WTO appellate block in Biden admin’s first DSB meeting

The U.S. on Monday maintained its block on new nominations to the World Trade Organization’s appeals body in the first Dispute Settlement Body meeting since President Biden took office last week, with the U.S. delegate noting that the country was undergoing a change in administration. The Appellate Body has been paralyzed since December 2019, when just one Appellate Body member remained following the Trump administration’s years-long block. The U.S. remains largely in a holding pattern in its WTO deliberations, including...