The perception in Brussels is that the approach taken in the choice and level of tariffs by the US Trade Representative to hit the European Union following yesterday’s WTO arbitrator’s green light in the Airbus affair is relatively measured. Accordingly, the EU’s own response to the tariffs, too, is expected …
WTO dispute settlement
In brief: WTO arbitrator report in Airbus case circulated
The arbitrator nominated by the European Union and the United States to determine the amount of trade Washington may impose tariffs on in response to the EU’s non-compliance with a WTO Appellate Body ruling has circulated his report to the parties today. The report still needs validation by the WTO’s …
Blog: WTO Section 232 panel reports not out before US elections
We all know it. The World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement body can’t cope with an overload of disputes. 2018 saw a surge in requests for consultations and dispute panels which an understaffed system now needs to digest. While the rules setting out the functioning of the WTO’s dispute panels stipulate …
EU-Indonesia: Trade talks continue below the radar
Trade negotiations between the European Union and Indonesia continue, despite deep splits between Brussels and Jakarta over issues ranging from palm oil to technical barriers to trade.
UPDATE – Week Ahead in EU trade: Vietnam and Mercosur crunch week, DSB
This article was updated on 24 June at 17.35 CET. New information includes detailed dates for the EU Vietnam agreements and an update/erratum on the Spanish olives dispute settlement case. This week we might see breakthroughs in the Vietnam and Mercosur trade agreements. We will certainly see more EU US …
EU WTO market economy status case suspended – following request from China
The Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization has suspended the high-profile case it brought against the European Union. Beijing sued because it believed the EU had not complied with a commitment to treat is as a market economy in its trade defence measures in time for a December …
Beyond Brussels: Appellate Body members rebuff Walker process reform proposals
A new fault line is emerging in the crisis of the World Trade Organizations’ dispute settlement system. The European Union, which tabled proposals aimed at strengthening the Appellate Body’s independence – and won over China and India over to its ideas last year – is now facing a coalition of …
WTO case against new EU biofuels regime under way, say sources
“It will come. And soon,” a source close to the Indonesian government said when asked if and when Jakarta would file a dispute at the World Trade Organization in response to the EU’s new rules on biofuel mixes being released today (21 May). Tuesday was the final act of a …
US airlines, motorcycle, ICT, retail, food sectors oppose Airbus-linked tariffs
The US and EU are consulting stakeholders over retaliation for Airbus and Boeing WTO rule breaches.
Steel: EU to stop duplication of safeguard and anti-dumping duties, faces new Russian WTO complaint
The European Union’s safeguard on imports of steel enacted earlier this year has made many EU trading partners and large chunks of Europe’s manufacturing industry unhappy. The import restrictions were enacted to avoid the steel industry taking an unnecessary hit from the global trade frictions triggered after the United States …
