EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Trade

MEPs call for more effective instruments to combat extraterritorial sanctions from non-Member States

Brussels, 15/12/2020 (Agence Europe)

MEPs spoke with one voice in plenary on Monday 14 December to call on the European Commission to come up with new tools to fight extraterritorial sanctions.

These include retaliatory measures taken by non-Member States against other nations that have repercussions for European companies. This is the case, for example, with the sanctions taken by the United States against Iran.

European Parliament Trade Committee Chair Bernd Lange (S&D, Germany) called for the EU to equip itself with...