At a meeting of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Monday 29 October, the United States blocked the request made by seven members, including the European Union, to rule on the legality of the American customs duty on steel and aluminium.
According to a source close to the dossier in Geneva, the EU, Canada, China, Mexico, Norway, Russia and Turkey asked for special groups to be set up to determine whether this additional duty imposed by the US on imports of certain...