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For Washington, Appellate Body must 'follow the rules', says Dennis Shea

Brussels, 28/06/2019 (Agence Europe)

Dennis Shea, U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), reiterated Washington's criticism of the WTO Appellate Body (AB), urging it to "follow the rules" on Friday, June 28, at the Brussels Forum 2019 hosted by the German Marshall Fund.

"The US position is clear and very straightforward. If the WTO is supposed to be a rules-based organisation, the Appellate Body needs to follow the rules", he said in a debate with, among others, Sabine Weyand, the European Commission's new...