Good morning from the WTO, which this week will lose a critical tool that helps keep global trade wars in check.
Here’s what’s happening with the @wto appellate body: bloom.bg/2lZHk8p
Here’s what’s happening with the @wto appellate body: bloom.bg/2lZHk8p
@wto Top trade officials in Geneva are gathering at the WTO for the trade body's last general council meeting of the year.
The 3-day meeting has a packed agenda that will touch on some of the most controversial aspects of the WTO's work.
Full agenda here: bit.ly/2s4wPnb
The 3-day meeting has a packed agenda that will touch on some of the most controversial aspects of the WTO's work.
Full agenda here: bit.ly/2s4wPnb
@wto Some key discussions to watch are items:
5: "Walker process" to end the AB impasse
8(D): 6-month rollover of the WTO e-commerce moratorium
12: US statement re: non-market economies
13: US statement re: WTO negotiations
20: WTO 2020 budget
5: "Walker process" to end the AB impasse
8(D): 6-month rollover of the WTO e-commerce moratorium
12: US statement re: non-market economies
13: US statement re: WTO negotiations
20: WTO 2020 budget
@wto Not included in the agenda is the Dec. 10 deadline for WTO members to avert the paralysis of the appellate body.
The terms of two of the the AB's three remaining members will end at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 10, after which no new appeals can be reviewed.
The terms of two of the the AB's three remaining members will end at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 10, after which no new appeals can be reviewed.
@wto EU Ambassador João Aguiar Machado has some direct words for @USTradeRep's decision to block appointments to the @wto appellate body.
Full statement here:
bit.ly/2DYZBbo
Full statement here:
bit.ly/2DYZBbo
@wto @USTradeRep Don't expect a last ditch effort to save the appellate body.
US Amb. Dennis Shea confirmed that @USTradeRep won't back a "Walker Process" decision to resume the functioning of the appellate body.
Shea's defense amounts to a sort of "it's not my fault -- it's yours" argument.
US Amb. Dennis Shea confirmed that @USTradeRep won't back a "Walker Process" decision to resume the functioning of the appellate body.
Shea's defense amounts to a sort of "it's not my fault -- it's yours" argument.
India’s intervention, btw, was relatively muted and jibes with the ‘history is watching’ treatment that other members are giving the US today.
China's Ambassador Zhang Xiangchen channels Johnny Cash and wore a black tie today to demonstrate how he's mourning the demise of the @wto appellate body.
Finally to wrap up today’s thread on the @WTO General Council meeting @WTODGAZEVEDO said he will “launch more intensive, high-level consultations on how to resolve the longstanding impasse over the appointment of Appellate Body members.”
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