Mealey's ( March 19, 2024, 2:34 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — An Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed a Missouri federal court’s ruling denying a motion to compel arbitration filed by a U.S. wholesale distributor of personal protective equipment (PPE) regarding a dispute with a Chinese manufacturer over more than $9 million worth of nitrile gloves the manufacturer delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic....