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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12387

11 December 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 34
EXTERNAL ACTION / Wto
Paralysis of Appellate Body dispute settlement system
Brussels, 10/12/2019 (Agence Europe)

The policy of blocking the appointment of judges to the WTO Appellate Body (AB) pursued by President Trump’s administration is leading to an operational paralysis of the AB starting on Wednesday 11 December. Drastically reduced from seven judges to two, it is no longer able to carry out its duties.

After months of warnings about the risk of paralysis of the WTO’s two-tier dispute settlement system, members failed to identify a solution that would allow the lifting of Washington’s veto...

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