17/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday the EU got the WTO to set up two arbitration panels on trade sanctions that the USA and Canada had imposed against it in the beef hormone affair. At the beginning of November 2004, the EU went to the WTO to obtain the lifting of these sanctions (EUROPE 9 November 2004). As the consultation period is over, the WTO panel will have to make a decision on the case. The EU considers that these sanctions have become illegal after having adopted new bans on...