International Trade Disputes and EU Liability

Anne Thies has been a lecturer in European and international law at the University of Reading since 2007. Her research focuses on the interrelationship between international, EU external relations and constitutional law.

• 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.

'The book is an impressive analysis from a young academic to produce original research in the field of international trade law and the EU legal institutional approach. It is indeed a brave attempt to understand a rather difficult and complex topic. The book opens a door for further research and detailed policy recommendations and is a worthwhile read for those who are interested in reading about legal aspects of the famous 'Bananas' and 'Hormones' cases.' Christine Otsver, Journal of Contemporary European Research