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Re: WTO Changes.

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I doubt there will be much enthusiasm for the job, considering you will be up against trump.

The WTO has consistently been attacked by Mr Trump’s administration, which has strongly criticised its over-reach and blamed it for allowing China to practise unfair trade. The appellate body, the highest authority in the organisation's dispute settlement process, ceased to function late last year after the US blocked the appointment of new judges to replace two who retired.
Under Mr Azevêdo, the organisation has deliberately kept a low profile during the coronavirus pandemic, staying largely silent over the global rash of export restrictions on medical equipment. Citing its lack of authority in the area, the organisation has declined to intervene publicly. The blocks on exports have set off a global procurement scramble and further increased trade tensions.* Despite this, there has been growing disgruntlement on Capitol Hill in recent weeks, with two separate pieces of legislation*calling for the US to withdraw from the WTO. Both Democrat and Republican lawmakers have argued that coronavirus has exposed the need to protect US sovereignty, which they see as being damaged by the loss of US manufacturing capability to China.*
https://www.ft.com/content/3cc4df3d-...4-ce063d0cd9b8

Trump would also be a good choice.
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23-06-2020, 03:18 PM
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Can you stop talking bollocks please ?

The EU is a single WTO member and is represented as a single block of 27 countries.
He is talking dangly bits, of course. I've found this on the WTO's own website: The EU is a single customs union with a single trade policy and tariff. The European Commission — the EU’s executive arm — speaks for all EU member States at almost all WTO meetings. Here's the link: https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e...munities_e.htm
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23-06-2020, 03:24 PM
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Re: WTO Changes.

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He is talking dangly bits, of course. I've found this on the WTO's own website: The EU is a single customs union with a single trade policy and tariff. The European Commission — the EU’s executive arm — speaks for all EU member States at almost all WTO meetings. Here's the link: https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e...munities_e.htm
All true, but when it comes to voting and counting votes...
But I don't expect you two to understand any of this.
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23-06-2020, 03:27 PM
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Re: WTO Changes.

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Can you stop talking bollocks please ?

The EU is a single WTO member and is represented as a single block of 27 countries.
But the European Commission, which speaks on behalf of the whole EU, has a different count: 28.

“To our best knowledge, the number of votes the EU has according to the WTO agreement corresponds to the number of EU Member States, which is 28,” said Daniel Rosario, the Commission’s spokesperson for trade (note “to our best knowledge” and “votes”).

https://tradebetablog.wordpress.com/...-eu-conundrum/
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23-06-2020, 03:29 PM
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All true, but when it comes to voting and counting votes...
But I don't expect you two to understand any of this.

It votes as a block and as such, a single member.
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23-06-2020, 05:10 PM
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It votes as a block and as such, a single member.
Of course you can provide a link? Or is it solely your (un)considered opinion?
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** Second warning, stop the personal bickering and stay on topic please.
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23-06-2020, 07:46 PM
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Re: WTO Changes.

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It votes as a block and as such, a single member.
I provided a link to where the voting is explained, including that the EU vote counts as 27.
If you can provide a link for your theorem?
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Re: WTO Changes.

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I provided a link to where the voting is explained, including that the EU vote counts as 27.
If you can provide a link for your theorem?

It counts as 27 - as a single block- one vote.

Read your own articles
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23-06-2020, 08:31 PM
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Re: WTO Changes.

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It counts as 27 - as a single block- one vote.

Read your own articles
Then you read my post 24:
To the best our best knowledge, the number of votes the EU has according to the WTO agreement corresponds to the number of EU Member States, which is 28,” said Daniel Rosario, the Commission’s spokesperson for trade (note “to our best knowledge” and “votes”).
 
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