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WTO Appellate Body will CEASE TO FUNCTION in 7 days! Trump admin is also threatening to withhold WTO FUNDING unless there is reform - current budget runs out in 28 days! Iink to US grievances (geneva.usmission.gov) MAGA
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– Cdogger [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

The appellate body is like an appeals "court" for WTO disputes, but they have been regularly overstepping their authority:

  • attempting to make rules rather than apply them
  • attempting to create precedent, which they have no authority to do
  • regularly taking longer to come to a decision than the mandatory 90 day limit
  • members regularly remaining on the body past their termsite

Therefore the Trump admin has been blocking new appointments, only 3 out of 7 members remain and 2 of them term out on Dec 10. The Body requires 3 members to function.

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