Facilitator: Dispute settlement talks offer 'viable' ideas for reformed appeals stage

World Trade Organization negotiators have identified several “concepts” that could be the basis for a “viable solution” to the question of what the appeals stage of the dispute settlement system will look like, the facilitator of the reform talks said on Friday, adding that a deal on that issue is possible before the 13th ministerial in one month -- if members work with enough “determination.” The WTO Appellate Body has been largely defunct since December 2017, as the U.S. has...