The United States and the European Union have announced the suspension of Russia from the Developed Countries Coordination Group at the World Trade Organization (WTO) due to Moscow’s “unprovoked and unjustified” attack against Ukraine.
Both the United States and the EU believe that it is “no longer appropriate” to allow Russia to remain part of the group due to its actions in the invasion of Ukrainian, according to a March 4 joint letter submitted to the WTO’s Chairman of the General Council. As a result of the suspension, Russian nominees will no longer be taken into consideration when the group decides on appointments to chair WTO bodies.
