y representatives in a dialogue on WTO matters. The EU is also a leading user of the WTO dispute settlement procedures to enforce rights under the agreements, and is a respondent in a number of cases; the WTO dispute settlement procedures play a key role, notably, in managing transatlantic trade relations (European Union: July 2000, 2000)."
An item that appears at the official website of European Union in the United States explains that the EU has asked the WTO to mediate a trade dispute between the U.S. and the EU. The Through the WTO, the EU is challenging the continued imposition of sanctions on EU exports by the U.S. relating to decision by the EU to ban the import of certain hormone fed beef from the United States. The EU believes these sanctions are no longer justified since it has changed its regulations to bring them into line with WTO rules. The fact that the EU has asked the WTO to mediate this dispute suggests that the EU values the role of the WTO. (EU Requests WTO to Confirm no Justification for Continued Sanctions over Hormone Case, 2004).
According to an essay published on the European Commission's official website, the goals of the EU and WTO do not appear to be in conflict with each other. In this essay, the following points in support of this conclusion are presented:
The EU considers itself to be one of the key "players" in the World Trade Organization
The WTO is a member-driven organization with decisions mainly taken
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