On Tuesday, 20 February, the World Trade Organization (WTO) compliance panel delivered its opinion in the dispute between the EU and the United States over Spanish olives. According to the WTO, Washington still has not complied with the panel’s initial ruling and has thus continued to restrict access to Spanish olives on its market.
The European Commission called for this panel to be established in July 2023 (see EUROPE B13223A15)—almost 2 years after the WTO ruled that the...