JURIST - Paper Chase: EU seeks trade sanctions against US

In international law news Friday, the EU and other trade powers have asked the World Trade Organization for authorization to impose punitive import duties on US exports, in reaction to US anti-dumping legislation that gives US companies a portion of fines levied against companies that sell products at artificially low prices. The Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act [PDF] was ruled illegal by the WTO because the law gives an undue incentive to US companies to initiate anti-dumping cases, but the US has failed to comply with the WTO decision. The Financial Times has more. The US Trade Representative will seek arbitration because the law does not hurt European exporters. BBC News has more.... France has issued an international arrest warrant for Pierre Falcone, the Angolan envoy to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Falcone is suspected of having illegally sold weapons to Angola during the country's civil war, in breach of international sanctions. The French magistrate issuing the warrant said that Falcone only has limited diplomatic immunity through his appointment to UNESCO. AFP has the full story.... The Organization of Casualties of Terror Acts in Israel plans to ask the International Court of Justice to be added as a party when the Court considers the legality of Israel's security fence. The request comes a day after the ICJ decided to allow the Arab League be added as a party to the hearing. Haaertz has the full story. For more on yesterday's ICJ decision, see the previous international law report on JURIST's Paper Chase.

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