EU, China, other WTO members agree temporary body to settle disputes
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Seventeen WTO members, including the European Union and China, agreed on Friday to set up a temporary appeals mechanism to settle trade disputes after the United States paralysed the WTO's appeals body, the European Commission said.Washington has paralysed the WTO's Appellate Body, which acts as a supreme court for international trade, by blocking appointments for over two years. Two of the body's three members came to the end of their terms in December, leaving it unable to..