EU LIKELY TO RESIST CHINA WTO CASE OVER POULTRY IMPORTS
April 21st, 2015
The European Commission looks set to resist a World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute over European Union (EU) poultry product tariffs brought by the Chinese government. A spokesperson the Commission’s trade directorate general told globalmeatnews.com that contested EU changes to its duty regime were in “strict compliance with WTO rules”. Beijing is upset that its poultry exporters were not given additional market access to the EU when the Commission negotiated additional import quotas for exporters from Brazil and Thailand, which were agreed in 2012. Under ...
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