Divergence Across the Atlantic? US Skepticism Meets the EU and the WTO’s Appellate Body KU Leuven
In 2019, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement System (WTO-DSS) lost its quorum. Instead of the required minimum number of three members, the Appellate Body’s membership fell to one member only as the U.S. under Donald Trump blocked the appointment of new members upon the expiry of the terms of two incumbent ones. The Appellate Body’s paralysis produced a high level of shock in the EU. In this paper, we take a ...