ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Ahead of its first meeting this week, the WTO Remedies Implementation Committee (RIC), tasked with executing sanctions on United States, is cognisant that the super power may retaliate against Antigua & Barbuda. Committee Chairman and Attorney General Justice Simon QC who was a guest on OBSERVER’s Big Issues programme Sunday said, “We recognise the strength the United States government has in placing unrelated sanctions on Antigua & Barbuda which would certainly affect the economy.” In January, following statements made by Antigua & Barbuda before the WTO that it intended to recover $21 million owed to it by the US, Nkenge Harmon, US Trade Representative spokeswoman, said such a move would “serve as a major impediment to foreign investment in the Antiguan economy.
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