I get that, but I see it differently. The PL has known perfectly well about the BeOut issue since before day one. The PL itself is one of the complainants. If that issue alone were disqualifying then the decision would be an easy one and would have been made a long time ago 1/
I have argued that the PL would not have been entitled to conflate PIF with the Saudi state, and that the WTO report's findings are not as damning as they are being made out to be. But putting all of that to one side, the PL has clearly decided to use this 2/
as an opportunity to obtain from the Saudi's clear commitments that any IP issues will be resolved. These "undertakings" are what has taken time. We are now starting to see the undertakings being put into action 3/
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