09/09/2016 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 5 September, Colombia blocked the EU’s request for a WTO panel to be established to arbitrate on their dispute over the Colombian alcohol import regime. After talks with Bogota broke down in March, the EU lodged a complaint with the WTO on 22 August against Colombia’s tax treatment of imported spirits, which the EU believes is discriminatory (see EUROPE 11607). On Monday, Colombia argued that the problem was in the process of being resolved,...