BRUSSELS SEEKS WTO PANEL OVER RUSSIAN PORK AND PIG EXPORT BAN
June 8th, 2014
THE EUROPEAN Union has decided to ask a World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel to rule on the legality of Russia’s ban on its exports of live pigs, pork and other pig products. The European Commission claims formal talks with Moscow over two days (April 30 and May 1) failed to resolve the issue. As a result, it will ask a special meeting of the WTO’s disputes settlement body (DSB) on July 10, to establish a panel, which will decide whether Russia’s ban breaks its WTO fair trading commitments.The EU argues Russia’s ban is an unscientific overreaction to the ...
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