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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8021

6 August 2001
(eu) eu/united states
Commission examines legality of unilateral sanctions on import of prepared mustard

Brussels, 06/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is examining the legality of the unilateral sanctions that the United States has imposed on the import of prepared mustard in the framework of the transatlantic dispute over hormone-treated meat. This is the very first time that America's retaliatory policy is in Brussels' line of fire, from the Regulation of Obstacles to Trade (ROT) point of view. The investigation, launched on 1 August, is for now limited to the discrimination...