Argentine Boycott

The Treaty of Maastricht provides for a legal base for boycott actions (Photo: European Commission)

Argentine Boycott

Boycott of products from Argentia.

In 1982 the EU suspended imports from Argentina because the country had invaded the Falkland Islands (or the Malvinas as the islands are also called). Since the Treaty of Maastricht there has been a special legal base in the treaties for such boycott actions.

See now Article 215 TFEU in the Lisbon Treaty.