wto members: The crisis was triggered by the United States government complaining that the organisation's appellate judges had overstepped their mandate by setting legal precedents and by ignoring time limits for delivering decisions, according to Nine News Australia. A scheduled meeting among the 164 WTO members that started on Monday in an effort to overcome the crisis was cut short on Tuesday. To improve your experience update it hereUK Election live Johnson's Conservative Party wins majority News World'Bad news' for Australia as WTO faces crisis By AAP12 30pm Dec 11, global trade actions against India over sugar subsidies and Canada over wine exports are at risk as the World Trade Organisation faces its biggest ever crisis. The WTO's three-member appellate panel will no longer function because the terms of two of its members ran out on Tuesday after the US blocked the appointment of new judges. AP The dispute has escalated while the US has been waging trade disputes with China and the European Union. Brazilian Roberto Azevedo, Director General of the World Trade Organization, WTO, arrives for the opening of the General Council at the headquarters of the World Trade Organization, WTO, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019.
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