UAE Withdraws its WTO Complaint Against Qatar
Tit-for-Tat Legal Strategy As noted below, Qatar brought a complaint before the World Trade Organization alleging that the UAE had violated various international trade treaties by imposing a land, sea, and air blockade on Qatar along with neighboring countries Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt beginning in June 2017. UAE then brought its own complaint . It alleged Qatar had banned the sale of products imported from the UAE and struck UAE companies from a list of approved participants in infrastructure projects. This past week saw developments in the second proceeding. For the complete story from The Peninsula Qatar , see here . The following excerpt provides a summary of the developments. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ statement underlined that the UAE’s decision to withdraw its complaint so soon after initiating this dispute confirms that Qatar has, and continues to, uphold and comply with its obligations under the WTO, adding “Evidently,