BRAZIL-USA – WTO
February 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States has delayed the establishment of a disputes panel at the World Trade Organisation over Brazil's complaint about American government subsidies to producers, users and exporters of upland cotton. Washington formally opposed Brazil's bid to create a panel at a meeting of the WTO disputes settlement body, forcing the Brazilians to make a second application, if they want the case to go ahead.
THE UNITED States has delayed the establishment of a disputes panel at the World Trade Organisation over Brazil's complaint about American government subsidies to producers, users and exporters of upland cotton. Washington formally opposed Brazil's bid to create a panel at a meeting of the WTO disputes settlement body, forcing the Brazilians to make a second application, if they want the case to go ahead.
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