William Gordon Ritchiewas a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He studied MB ChB medicine at the University of St Andrews School of Medicine. He was a surgeon and physician by career... (wikipedia)
The WTO cases have to do with conformity to the very loose procedural obligations incorporated in the WTO itself.
There's no way that I can sit across the table from somebody whose main bargaining leverage is that he isn't complying with the existing agreement. That has to be cleared up first.