Widening the US Embargo Against Cuba Extraterritorially. A few public international law comments on the `Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996'.

IX. Concluding Remarks

Given the serious uncertainties of pushing a claim against the extraterritorial reach of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act successfully before a WTO panel, recourse to WTO dispute settlement procedure appears all the more surprising and one wonders what might be the political reasons for such a step. One explanation could certainly lie in the current enthusiasm for international trade dispute settlement. Whether it will suffice to persuade a panel of trade experts to look beyond pure trade issues remains to be seen.

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