In a ruling made on Wednesday, 21 December, the World Trade Organization (WTO) arbitrators before whom an appeal was brought by the EU and Colombia over their dispute on frozen chips ruled mostly in favour of the EU. They found that Colombia was not justified in imposing the anti-dumping duties that it had implemented on imports of frozen chips from Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands.
This procedure is an alternative to the traditional WTO Appellate Body, which has been blocked for...