The European and American "Spain Olive Case", the WTO ruled that the EU won the lawsuit

　　China News Service, Brussels, November 19 (Reporter De Yongjian) The trade dispute between the EU and the United States over Spanish olives came to an end on the 19th. The WTO ruled that the EU won the lawsuit. The EU immediately expressed its hope that the United States would take measures to implement the WTO ruling.

　　On the same day, the WTO issued an expert group report, ruling that the US’s additional countervailing duty on ripe olives exported from Spain to the US in the past three years violated WTO rules, including the US’s failure to prove that the Spanish government provided “special subsidies” to olive producers. There was an error in the calculation of the subsidy rate of the Spanish companies involved, and the determination of the transfer of subsidy benefits from the Spanish olive industry was inconsistent with the relevant WTO regulations.

　　After the report of the expert group was released, the European Commission issued a statement immediately stating that "the EU has won the lawsuit in the WTO."

The European Commission’s Executive Vice-President for Trade Affairs Don Brovskis stated in a statement that the European Union did its utmost to defend the rights and interests of producers in its member states, and that it has seen results in the "Spain Olive Case"; the European side hopes that the United States will take measures to implement the WTO. Organized a ruling to return Spain’s export of ripe olives to the United States to normal.

　　In August 2018, the then-U.S. Trump administration began to impose anti-subsidy and anti-dumping tariffs on ripe olives exported from Spain to the United States, with tax rates ranging from 30% to 44%; Organize to file a lawsuit.

　　According to EU statistics, the total value of Spanish olives exported to the U.S. reached 67 million euros per year before the US "dual anti-dumping" tariffs were imposed. After the "dual anti-dumping" tariffs were imposed, Spanish olive exports to the United States suffered heavy losses, and the total export value has plummeted in the past three years. Nearly 60%.

　　According to the WTO dispute settlement procedures, if the United States disagrees with the expert panel's ruling on the 19th, it can apply to the WTO Appellate Body for review within 60 days of the publication of the report.

However, the WTO Appellate Body has been suspended due to unilateral obstruction by the United States.

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