WTO dispute reform’s biggest hurdles: Form, scope of appeal mechanism

As the self-imposed deadline to reform the World Trade Organization dispute settlement system approaches, the issue that forced the reform talks -- the nature and scope of the system’s appeal mechanism -- is the same one that is likely to keep negotiators from concluding a new path forward. The co-conveners of the technical talks -- taking place across three pillars: “appeal/review,” accessibility and “works done so far,” which encompasses the informal text released ahead of the 13th ministerial conference earlier...