International Trade Disputes and EU Liability

Assessment of EU liability for damage resulting from retaliation imposed under the WTO system in disputes triggered by the EU.

Introduction; 1. Setting the scene: WTO disputes, retaliation and the EU courts' reception of WTO law; 2. Liability for unlawful conduct: role of the legal remedy and conditions of the right to compensation in the EU legal order; 3. Enforceability of the EU's WTO law obligations in the EU legal order: EU liability due to WTO law infringement; 4. Impact of EU general principles on the EU's liability regime I: liability due to infringement of EU general principles; 5. Impact of EU general principles on the EU'S liability regime II: liability in absence of (invokable) unlawfulness or no-fault liability; 6. The current situation of retaliation victims and how to fill the gap in judicial protection while respecting the EU institutions' international scope for manoeuvre.