WTO Appellate Body to lose its final member on Monday

And then there were none. The World Trade Organization will lose its final Appellate Body member, China’s Zhao Hong, on Monday, completing the body’s U.S.-forced descent into obsolescence, at least for now. The Trump administration escalated longstanding U.S. concerns with the operation of the Appellate Body in mid-2017 by initiating a block on filling vacancies on the body, arguing that it required significant reform. The U.S. maintains the Appellate Body has been operating well outside its mandate for years and...