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    Throwing Away the ‘Crown Jewel’

    Jan 09, 2020 4 minutes
    By Chen Lu
    Copyedited by Sudeshna Sarkar

    The author is an assistant researcher with the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations

    The appellate body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) expired on December 11, 2019, since the member countries could not reach consensus on appointing new judges. Only one judge remained after all others’ terms expired, the last two leaving on December 10. It made the trade dispute resolution mechanism defunct as according to WTO rules, appeals have to be heard by three judges.

    The United States repeatedly blocked new appointments. At the last minute, it refused to agree to a draft by the WTO General Council to improve the operation of the appellate body.

    The mechanism that once provided so many solutions

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