Inside Trade

October 11, 2025

SPS and TBT

U.S. Says Draft EU Law On Biotech Imports May Violate SPS Agreement

The United States for the first time has laid out a detailed argument for why a draft European Union law allowing member states to ban imports of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) could run afoul of World Trade Organization rules, but some private-sector trade law experts have questioned whether this specific argument holds water. The U.S. -- in comments to the European Commission dated Aug. 11 -- argues the EU proposal falls within the scope of the WTO Agreement on the...

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