On Wednesday 30 August, the EU filed an appeal against the ruling of a special panel of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) of the WTO, which was tasked with examining a complaint brought by Pakistan against the EU's countervailing measures on exports of certain polyethylene terephthalate (PET) products from Pakistan.
The DSB's panel of experts, which was set up in March 2015 to rule on Pakistan's complaint (DS 486), returned its verdict on 6 July this year.
In its complaint, Pakistan accused...