The blacklist effort targeted by the bill — known as the Israel Anti-Boycott Act — is procedurally flawed and substantively misguided and violates core principles of international trade. The World Trade Organization protects politics-free global economic development by limiting the ways in which governments regulate trade. As for the issue of legality, several of the UN members that voted to create and fund the list are members of the World Trade Organization. Individually, these states have violated their duties under international trade law by taking this step. Meanwhile, multinationals must mobilize in opposition, leveraging their considerable economic ties to prevent the United Nations from erecting harmful hurdles to international business.

Source: National Post May 03, 2017 18:11 UTC