Canada Joins Eu In Challenging Us Law On Cuba

The Americans now have a law in place which we firmly believe is in contravention of the WTO and the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) as well, so we will take them to court, so to speak, on that basis, Larabie said.

European Union foreign ministers decided on Tuesday to request a dispute panel at a WTO meeting in Geneva on October 16, challenging the Helms-Burton act, passed in July.

We're going to join them as an interested third party, Larabie said.

Helms-Burton, passed after Cuba shot down two civilian US aircraft off the Cuban coast in February, allows Americans