Russia was right to impose transport restrictions on Ukraine in the name of national security, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said today in a landmark ruling.
The decision will likely have far-reaching consequences because, for the first time, a WTO dispute settlement panel ruled whether a country can use the Article 21 exemption to invoke national security as a justification for introducing trade restrictions that cannot be challenged by the affected state.
U.S. President Donald Trump has become the most famous advocate of that exemption as he told the EU and other countries that they could not challenge his tariffs on steel …read more
Source: European Voice
