Recent EU trade sanctions on the US to induce compliance with the WTO ruling in the Foreign Sales Corporations case: its policy contradiction revisited

This article discusses the provision for the authorized suspension of trade concessions to induce compliance with the World Trade Organization (WTO) recommendations and rulings in the wake of the imposed European Union trade sanctions against the U.S. it provides the background of the suspension of concessions in trade disputes, outlines the objective of establishing the institutionalized multilateral trading regime under WTO, and puts forward criticism on the processes and procedures of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade dispute resolution.