US: No Litigation for National Security

Posted 12/13/24

The United States Wednesday laid out its arguments for excluding national security measures from World Trade Organization litigation, suggesting the better response is a rebalancing of trade concessions when there is a dispute.

In a paper, Washington said that “litigating matters of essential security (exception provisions at the WTO)  undermines the foundations of the WTO by dragging the Organization into debating inherently political matters.”

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