Shea: Appellate Body reform proposals fail to address U.S. concerns

GENEVA -- The U.S. ambassador to the World Trade Organization on Wednesday blasted proposed Appellate Body reforms advanced by the European Union, China and others, saying they endorse the very practices the U.S. has repeatedly complained about. Dennis Shea, speaking at the WTO’s last General Council meeting of the year, targeted a proposal put forward last month by the EU, China and 10 other WTO members. It addressed aspects of the Appellate Body that the U.S. has criticized -- but...