Trade Disputes between the United States and the European Union

Trade disputes have been around for many years. The disputes amongst the US and the EU only cover a very small section of their bilateral trade. In recent years a lot of the disputes were beneficial to the consumers both here in the U.S. and also the EU. The trade policies of both countries were based on the GATT and now the WTO is being used. Disputes that are referred to the WTO findings would be resolved and greatly eased if the U.S. & the EU were less confrontational.

The U.S. & European Union trade disputes are beneficial to consumers. Trade between the U.S. & the European Union makes up almost half of world trade and is also considered a part of the transatlantic free trade. Common values, overlapping interests, and shared goals are the foundation of what is often described as the transatlantic partnership between the United States and Europe (Mix 2013). Amongst these large trading partners there are disagreements that will surely arise. These issues range from individual cases all the way to trade policies. The disagreements are political, economic, and ethical. Both the United States and European Union are a part of the WTO (World Trade Organization) so disputes have to be handled according to certain polices. The nature of trade disputes has changed drastically since years past. In March 2013, the European Commission proposed negotiating guidelines to the Member states and released an impact Also the cooperation of the WTO is assumed to not continue into the future so new ways of resolving disputes will need to be implemented.

The poultry dispute between the U.S. and EU is an ongoing event since 1997. The dispute is as a result of the European Union banning meat from the United States that was cleaned with an antimicro...

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...as it should. Nevertheless the U.S. won the dispute because the EU did not process the reports and they had to do so because there were no findings of GM products being harmful.

In conclusion, the trade disputes are beneficial. The United States & the European Union are some of the world’s biggest traders. The benefit of them not disputing would be profitable but thankfully the EU considers their consumers. The disputes are also beneficial for the consumers sake. If it wasn’t for the EU taking the stance like they have then some of these terrible conditions would have taken place a lot longer probably when it was too late. The health of the consumers should be the number one goal over profit no matter what. It’s very shameful how easy products enter the market to be sold with little to no research. The United States should adapt some key principles from the EU.