The publication, on 28 May in Geneva, of the 2018 Annual Report of the Appellate Body (AB) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was a reminder of the key and increasingly complex role of this body.
During the presentation of the report, the Chairman of the Board, Ujal Singh Bhatia, highlighted the exponential workload of the AB due to the increasing sophistication of appeals at a time when its human capacities are increasingly limited. For almost 2 years, the Trump administration has...