The WTO’s bid to pick an acting chief before September has been complicated by US “politicisation” of what should have been be a straightforward process, a diplomatic source lamented Thursday.
According to WTO guidelines, if such a situation arises, one of the organisation’s four deputy chiefs should be chosen to hold the reins until the next director-general can take over.The position of acting DG is considered a purely administrative position, aimed basically at “making the trains run on time”, WTO spokesman Keith Rockwell told reporters last week.
“But not the Americans,” said the trade diplomat, who asked not to be named, adding that Washington is stubbornly insisting that the US envoy Alan Wolff get the job. At the same time, the appellate branch of the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body, sometimes called the supreme court of world trade, stopped functioning in December after years of relentless US opposition.
When asked Thursday what to expect, Rockwell would only say: “let’s wait and see what happens tomorrow.”
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