Hogan: EU will consider challenging U.S.-China deal at the WTO

With his first trip to the U.S. as the European trade commissioner coinciding with the signing of a phase-one U.S.-China trade deal, Phil Hogan said on Thursday that the European Union would consider challenging the pact’s compliance with World Trade Organization rules. At an event at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, Hogan took repeated swipes at the U.S.-China phase-one agreement by suggesting its dispute settlement provisions favored China and implying that some provisions could violate WTO rules. Hogan...