At midnight on Tuesday, the Trump administration will get its wish, nullifying the power of the World Trade Organization, as the U.S. has blocked new appointments to the appellate body and the terms of two of the last three judges on the WTO’s appellate body will expire.
The U.S. first started blocking appointments under former President George W. Bush; that policy continued under former President Barack Obama and will reach fruition under President Trump. As TIME magazine reported of two of the seven judges leaving the WTO, “Their departure will deprive the de facto Supreme Court of world trade of its ability to issue rulings.”
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