At a meeting of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on Monday 26 July, the European Union and the United States blamed each other for not meeting their obligations in two separate disputes, according to a Geneva official.
The EU has accused Washington of failing to comply with a WTO ruling on a 2000 dispute over US subsidies and anti-dumping measures. To which the US replied that it had complied.
For their part, they criticised the EU for failing to submit a progress report to the Dispute Settlement Body in the Airbus subsidy controversy, which began in 2005. The EU delegation explained that it had submitted a series of compliance measures to the DSB, which were subject to a report by the panel. It therefore considers that it is not required to submit such a report.
Both recalled that an agreement was reached between the EU and the US on 15 June, suspending for five years the customs barriers put in place on each side of the Atlantic in the context of the trade dispute between aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing (see EUROPE 12741/1 ). (Original version in French by Léa Marchal)