Trade Cases
February 14, 2020
USTR Details Alleged Failings of the WTO
Written by Sandy Williams
The office of the U.S. Trade Representative released a scathing report detailing what the U.S. believes is wrong with the dispute mechanisms of the World Trade Organization. In 174 pages, the department lays out the alleged failures of the Appellate Body to conduct business by “agreed rules.”
“As detailed in this Report, the Appellate Body has strayed far from the limited role that WTO Members assigned to it,” says the USTR in a summary of the report. “Through persistent overreaching, the Appellate Body has increased its own power, at the expense of the authority of the United States and other WTO Members.”
