Appellate Body

In a previous post, I mentioned that the following AB members will be stepping down soon: * Merit Janow, United States (December 10, 2007) * Yasuhei Taniguchi, Japan (December 10, 2007) * Georges Abi-Saab, Egypt (May 31, 2008) * A.V. Ganesan, India (May 31, 2008) The WTO now reports the following about nominations

According to the summary of the latest DSB meeting: The DSB agreed on the process for selecting Appellate Body members to replace four current members whose terms of office expire in December 2007 and May 2008. ... The DSB set a deadline of 31 August 2007 for members to nominate candidates