Thank you forjoining me. starting with robert buckland, a backlog of 65,000 cases, some people would describe that as a mess. the crown court i describe that as a mess. the crown court i think describe that as a mess. the crown court i think has describe that as a mess. the crown court i think has been describe that as a mess. the crown court i think has been working i describe that as a mess. the crown court i think has been working very| court i think has been working very hard to try to deal with the problem that predated covid and got worse during that because of course we lost several months ofjury during that because of course we lost several months of jury trials due to the lockdown and restrictions. and despite the ending of any limit restrictions. and despite the ending ofany limit on restrictions. and despite the ending of any limit on crown court sitting days which happened when i was in charge, there is a real issue now is to the availability i think of barristers and indeed ofjudges. another current lord chancellor has appointed newjudges and we now have more circuitjudges able to do these trials but there still remains the problem notjust of the number of cases but the complexity of the case
Change the court, he would not go against the court. now israel, the cost of living is crazy expensive. we live in a different neighbourhood. you guys live in london. after that election, the government focusing on changing the court. not increasing security, nothing, zero. the only thing to do right now, after exchanging the court. completely destroying the legal system. moving thejudges, having newjudges, completely having new judges, completely changing having newjudges, completely changing it, but the 64 appointed by netanyahu will decide the laws of israel, the politicians will be the judges as well. politicians will be the udges as well. . ., politicians will be the udges as well. ., ~ , ., ., politicians will be the udges as well. ., ~ ., ., as well. thank you for oining us. let s get some of the day s other news. peru has closed the famous inca citadel of machu picchu
Yeah, i think your calculations were that if these rival trading blocs emerge, it could cost the world roughly 5% of global gdp. that s an extraordinary figure. the problem you ve got right now is that the mechanisms that exist here at the wto to try and enforce fair trade policy across the world, the mechanisms are paralysed, and they re paralysed chiefly because the united states has for years now refused to allow the appointment of newjudges to your appeals body. and without those judges, the appeals body cannot work. and without the appeals body, you, as the arbiter of global trade, cannot properly function. how are you going to get out of this problem? stephen, i disagree, so let me share with you what is happening. it is true that our two tier dispute settlement system has a panel level
Secondly, if the world fragments into separate trading blocs, we ve actually done work here at the wto that shows it to be extremely costly for the world. yeah, i think your calculations were that if these rival trading blocs emerge, it could cost the world roughly 5% of global gdp. that s an extraordinary figure. the problem you ve got right now is that the mechanisms that exist here at the wto to try and enforce fair trade policy across the world, the mechanisms are paralysed, and they re paralysed chiefly because the united states has for years now refused to allow the appointment of newjudges to your appeals body. and without those judges, the appeals body cannot work. and without the appeals body, you, as the arbiter of global trade, cannot properly function. how are you going to get out of this problem? stephen, i disagree, so let me share with you what is happening.
That s an extraordinary figure. the problem you ve got right now is that the mechanisms that exist here at the wto to try and enforce fair trade policy across the world, the mechanisms are paralysed, and they re paralysed chiefly because the united states has for years now refused to allow the appointment of newjudges to your appeals body. and without those judges, the appeals body cannot work. and without the appeals body, you, as the arbiter of global trade, cannot properly function. how are you going to get out of this problem? stephen, i disagree, so let me share with you what is happening. it is true that our two tier dispute settlement system has a panel level and an appellate body.
Shows it to be extremely costly for the world. yeah, i think your calculations were that if these rival trading blocs emerge, it could cost the world roughly 5% of global gdp. that s an extraordinary figure. the problem you ve got right now is that the mechanisms that exist here at the wto to try and enforce fair trade policy across the world, the mechanisms are paralysed, and they re paralysed chiefly because the united states has for years now refused to allow the appointment of newjudges to your appeals body. and without those judges, the appeals body cannot work. and without the appeals body, you, as the arbiter of global trade, cannot properly function. how are you going to get out of this problem? stephen, i disagree, so let me share with you what is happening. it is true that our two tier
The mechanisms are paralysed, and they re paralysed chiefly because the united states has for years now refused to allow the appointment of newjudges to your appeals body. and without those judges, the appeals body cannot work. and without the appeals body, you, as the arbiter of global trade, cannot properly function. how are you going to get out of this problem? stephen, i disagree, so let me share with you what is happening. it is true that our two tier dispute settlement system has a panel level and an appellate body. and you are right, that is the appellate body the second tier that is paralysed becausejudges have not been elected. however, the panel level is working and, as we speak, we have about 20 or so ongoing panel proceedings at the moment at the first tier.
In hollywood is making a return next year the golden globes. for decades it was a precursor to the oscars and kicked off the annual film awards season. but last year it was dropped by its broadcaster, nbc, the chief reason being a lack of diversity among its judges. our correspondent in la, peter bowes, says newjudges have since been brought on board. that has been an overhaul on the way things are run.- the way things are run. they have new the way things are run. they have new voters the way things are run. they have new voters for - the way things are run. they have new voters for the - the way things are run. they i have new voters for the golden globes, 2o have new voters for the golden globes, 20 new members, six of whom are black and outside the organisation more than 100 people in, racial diversity there, to also vote for the golden globes. this was clearly necessary because from the outside in there looks to be no awareness of racial diversity of its than 87 members, none
While the biden administration says it wants to move beyond this, the block on newjudges remains. despite this, trade around the world has bounced back after the pandemic. global trade went to a record high in 2021. making it worth about $28.5 trillion. that s13% higher than the same number in 2019, before the pandemic to hold. but the supply chain crisis from the pandemic continues to linger, exacerbated by russia s ruthless attack on ukraine. oil prices have skyrocketed. a global shortage of that country s grain is causing major global concerns. that has led to some of the other big wheat producers such as india banning exports of their grains. but among measures that could be agreed by all parties at this wto meeting is exemption on export bans from the world food programme which is seeking to feed
By president trump blocking the appointment of newjudges. i want to ask you, when will you get it up and running again? and just briefly explain how important this group ofjudges are? the judges are part of what we call the appellate body, the central system of resolution. it has the panel where the members send a dispute. at the first level, for the panel to make a ruling. then they can put it to the appellate body. if we do not agree with a finding of the panel, then it is very important. the issues that we are getting conversation going on reform of this system, the us is reaching out at a technical level to talk with other members.