More on the extent of AB powers to interpret WTO agreements

November 20th, 2008 • Law, Trade, USA

There’s more on the on-going debate over the extent that AB can ‘interpret’ WTO agreements. The US now says that the AB can ‘clarify’ but not ‘interpret’ or ‘amend’ any agreement. Is this the worst case of legal semantics being played?

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