Appellate Body

The Appellate Body had a busy year in 2016, with eight panel reports appealed and six Appellate Body reports circulated. In addition, an arbitration concerning the reasonable period of time for implementation of Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) recommendations and rulings was carried out in 2016. The DSB appointed two new Appellate Body members, Hong Zhao of China and Hyun Chong Kim of Korea. As of the end of 2016, the Appellate Body had circulated 144 reports.