EU-BRAZIL WTO
July 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE BRAZILIAN government has largely failed to secure a tougher ruling at the World Trade Organisation's appellate body against the European Union's anti-dumping duties on malleable cast iron tube or pipe fittings from Brazil. In its initial ruling, a WTO disputes panel found that the EU had erred in two technical ways regarding the setting of the duties, but Brazil appealed, asking the appellate body to declare the duties broke world trade laws more comprehensively. However, the appeals body has rejected seven of Brazil's eight claims, only ...
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