The U.S. this week held with its blocking of a plan to restart the WTO Appellate Body via a proposal from Mexico that has the backing of 140 countries.
In the Geneva meeting, the U.S. said the objections raised by the Trump administration that had prevented the naming of new Appellate Body members were valid, but the Biden administration is open to a dialogue to address those issues.
This runs counter to expectations that the Biden administration would seek to set aside the objections raised by the Trump administration on the dispute settlement process, some of which were heightened after the Biden administration ended the U.S. blockade on naming a new leader of the trade body.