A draft EU-backed study of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) oddly concludes that the pact will actually raise the cost of food and promote unhealthy consumption because the cost of sugar, tobacco and alcohol will go down. Politics at AB The U.S. is being criticized for disapproving the reappointment of Seung Wha Chang as a jurist on the WTO’s Appellate Board (AB). Supporters of Chang warn that the U.S. is threatening the independence and impartiality of adjudication as well as politicizing the body. Washington’s complaint against Chang is that rather than interpreting trade law, he has been “legislating from the bench” – creating precedent with no underlying statutory credence. In other words, it is Chang that is...