A fervent defender of a rules-based trading order, the EU has been under attack since its deal with the US, accused of betraying its commitments to the WTO and to multilateralism. But is that really the case?
At first glance, the 21 August deal grossly violates WTO rules: the US President, has unilaterally demanded preferential tariffs for US imports to the EU that breach the Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) principle.
