EUROPEAN UNION THREATENS CANADA WITH WTO ACTION OVER DISCRIMINATORY DRINKS TARIFFS
November 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched formal World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes proceedings with Canada over a discriminatory tax break for Canadian wine and beer producers. Under Canada's 2006 budget proposals, excise duties on Canadian wine made from 100% Canadian-grown agricultural products and domestic beer would either be reduced or abolished, while excise tax remains on imported wine and beer. The law should be adopted by December 1, including retroactive application from July 1, 2006. The tax break is already applied provisionally by ...
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