Into the Void: The Inflation Reduction Act Panel Ruling and the Crisis of WTO Reform By Vahini Naidu On 30 January 2026, a WTO Panel ruled that the domestic content bonus credits under the United States’ Inflation Reduction Act violated the GATT 1994, the TRIMs Agreement, and the SCM Agreement. The United States appealed the ruling to a non-functional Appellate Body, sending it into a legal void. Read against the backdrop of WTO reform discussio…
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