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WTO Appellate Body defends actions at root of vacancy impasse

November 27, 2017 at 4:45 PM
The World Trade Organization Appellate Body last week issued a defense of its decision to allow members of the panel to finalize appeals assigned to them after their terms have expired -- a decision the United States alleges is among many in which the Appellate Body has encroached on WTO members’ rights, and one that has sparked a standoff over vacancies. In a Nov. 24 background note obtained by Inside U.S. Trade , the Appellate Body expands on its claim...

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