On Friday 27 January, the WTO’s dispute settlement panel partially agreed with the EU’s complaint about anti-dumping duty imposed by Russia on light utility vehicles (LUV or vans) imported from Germany and Italy (DS 479).
In its verdict, the WTO panel recognised that some aspects of the anti-dumping investigation carried out by Russia before it introduced the measures did not respect international trade rules.
By excluding various national producers from their calculations, the Russian...