EU seeks €1.39bn annually from Russia for unlawful EU-wide ban on pork imports

Following a ruling by the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) that Russia had imposed an ‘unlawful’ EU-wide ban on pork imports from January 2014, the EU has requested authorisation from the DSB to suspend concessions and other obligations with respect to Russia on the basis that Russia has failed to bring its measures into compliance with the recommendations and rulings...