The United States is entering a third phase of talks with countries to reform the World Trade Organization's (WTO) hobbled trade dispute arbitration system and aims for it to be 'fully functioning' by the end of 2024, the U.S. ambassador to the WTO told Reuters on Thursday.
Maria Pagan, U.S. ambassador to the World Trade Organisation , poses after an interview with Reuters in Geneva, Switzerland January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseWashington 'very committed' to reform
"Our goal is a fully functioning by 2024," Deputy United States Trade Representative Maria Pagan told Reuters in her first public comments on the closed-door talks, saying Washington was "very committed" to reforms. The appeals bench freeze means 24 WTO cases are stuck in legal purgatory because the losing party has appealed into a void.
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