EU seeks ruling on US sanctions law
18 February 1999
EU seeks ruling on US sanctions law
THE European Union is asking for a World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel to rule on whether sanctions threatened by the USA are legal.
The WTOs disputes settlement body is likely to hear the request at the beginning of March.
That is when the USA has threatened to impose punitive duties on European goods in retaliation for the EUs failure to comply with WTO rulings regarding banana imports.
Brussels says such sanctions would be illegal in the absence of a WTO panel decision on compliance.
- EC looks at beef hormone ruling, FWi, 10 February, 1999
- USA gets tough over hormone-grown beef, FWi, 04 February, 1999
- Now EU and USA clash over beef, FWi, 02 February, 1999
- Caribbean blocks US banana sanctions, FWi, 26 January, 1999
- EU raises stakes in banana row, FWi, 22 January, 1999
- Financial Times 18/02/99 page 3
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