Gulf In Focus - GULF STATES - ECONOMICS and FINANCE - WTO to probe UAE'S complaint against Qatar.

The World Trade Organisation, WTO, agreed to look into the complaint filed by the United Arab Emirates against the ban imposed by Qatar on Emirati products. The WTO has decided to constitute an arbitration committee to investigate the UAE's complaint. The UAE has stressed that the Qatari ban on Emirati products is a flagrant violation of WTO rules and at odd with its obligations towards the global trade body.

The country said it was looking forward to working with the WTO arbitrators and contesting Qatar's unilateral decision to ban UAE products. The ban came in the wake of severing diplomatic relations with Qatar by the Arab Quartet due to the former's support for terrorist and extremist outfits.

Qatar partially withdrew the measures against UAE products just before the last session of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body, DSB, on April 27 this year, but the UAE contends...