EU Parliament Issues Report on Extraterritorial Sanctions
The European Parliament released a November report on extraterritorial sanctions and their “legality under general international law.” The report includes an overview of U.S. sanctions and their impacts on the EU and member states -- including U.S. designations on Iran,…
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Cuba and the Nord Stream 2 project (see 2007150021) -- and how the EU can protect itself against those impacts. The report recommends that the EU help European companies find “recourse” through arbitration and national courts and to consider challenging the legality of some U.S. sanctions through the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement system. The EU should also consider countermeasures to U.S. sanctions, the EP said, but stopped short of asking the EU to follow through with those measures. “At this stage, the application of such measures could hardly be recommended,” the report said. “However, it might be helpful to clearly state that the EU is aware of this option and will consider it.”