WTO dispute reform facilitator: Talks must accelerate to hit ‘timeline for delivery’

World Trade Organization discussions on dispute settlement reform must accelerate after the summer break given the “timeline for delivery,” the facilitator of the talks said on Thursday as negotiators make progress on accessibility issues but struggle to reconcile opposing views on the nature of an appeal mechanism. During a heads of delegation-level meeting on Thursday -- one of the monthly such gatherings -- the facilitator, Mauritius Ambassador Usha Dwarka-Canabady, told members it is time to speed up the talks in...