WTO official, Appellate Body members warn of coming ‘chaos’

If the Appellate Body impasse at the World Trade Organization is not resolved, the paralysis of the appeals process come December could extend to the whole dispute settlement system and cause even more chaos, a WTO official and Appellate Body members warned this week. “If the Appellate Body does not exist, and in absence of a short-term fix or ad hoc fix, there is no finality to any case because a panel decision is not final if it is...