WTO members eye late-summer text talks on dispute settlement reform

World Trade Organization dispute settlement reform discussions are on the fast track ahead of a 2024 deadline, as delegations already have begun to advance ideas and proposals as they move to start drafting text by late August or early September. This timeline was set out by the recently installed facilitator -- the deputy permanent representative of Guatemala -- during Friday’s Dispute Settlement Body meeting, according to a Geneva-based trade official familiar with the gathering. The facilitator took over the informal...