WTO members implore U.S. to address Appellate Body issue

With five months remaining before the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body could be paralyzed by a lack of members, WTO members beseeched the U.S. at the General Council meeting this week to outline its desired Appellate Body reforms so members can work to keep the dispute settlement system intact. According to a Geneva source, more than two dozen members took the floor on the issue and “implored” the U.S. to “get on with it.” The members criticized the U.S. for...