The EU has asked the World Trade Organisation to postpone the nomination of members for a panel to rule on the US Helms-Burton law…

Date: 13/02/1997

...punishing foreigners for doing business in Cuba for a week, until 20 February. The EU called for the panel last year, but Trade Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan said yesterday (12 February) that he wanted to try to reach a settlement with the US, adding: “We have no desire to take our case to the point of a decision by a panel for its own sake.”