EU Enlists US Goods Worth $20Bln Considered For Countermeasures Over WTO Boeing Dispute

The European Commission issued on Wednesday a preliminary list of US products that the European Union may subject to countermeasures in light of the ongoing Boeing dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO), the commission said in a press release

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 17th April, 2019) The European Commission issued on Wednesday a preliminary list of US products that the European Union may subject to countermeasures in light of the ongoing Boeing dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO), the commission said in a press release.

"The European Commission has today launched a public consultation on a preliminary list of products from the United States on which the European Union may take countermeasures in the context of the ongoing Boeing dispute at the ... WTO ... The list published today covers a range of items, from aircrafts to chemicals and agri-food products (including everything from frozen fish and citrus fruits to ketchup), that overall represent around USD20 billion of United States exports into the European Union," the release read.

The public consultation on the list will last until May 31.