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Trump Paralyzed The WTO’s Appellate Body. Then He Filed An Appeal.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration tried to file an appeal with the WTO's appellate body over a steel dispute with India.
We say "tried" because the panel - effectively the high court and final arbiter of international trade tiffs - is now crippled and thereby unable to decide cases. If you're looking for culprits when it comes to explaining why the panel is incapacitated, you can point directly at the US.
Trump, you'll recall, has blocked all new appointments, forcing the body to conduct
Duh!
Seems somewhat reminiscent of Trump preventing any key “fact” witnesses from testifying before the House Committees and then having congressional Republicans rage against there being no “fact” witnesses…. Cause a problem and then blame your opponents for it!