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Customs Bills Would Shore Up U.S. Retaliation Rights In EU Hormone Case

July 30, 2015 at 8:53 PM
Both versions of the customs and enforcement bills pending in Congress contain a provision sought by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative with the goal of shoring up its rights under domestic law to reinstate lapsed trade retaliation against the European Union in a longstanding fight over the EU ban on beef raised with artificial growth hormones. Under Section 602 of both the House and Senate customs bills, both called H.R. 644, USTR could reinstate the lapsed retaliation in...

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