A WTO report released today found that the law does not violate international trade agreements. The report was issued in connection with a 1998 dispute over European rules on importing bananas. The U.S. trade law has rankled America's major trading partners since it was first passed by Congress in 1974.
See "U.S. Wins Round in Trade War With Europe", Joseph Kahn, The New York Times, December 22, 1999