RUSSIA MAY APPEAL WTO RULING ON EU PIG EXPORTS BY END OF MONTH

The Russian government will by the end of this month (September) appeal the recent ruling of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) opposing Russia’s swine fever-related ban on European Union (EU) exports of pigs, pigmeat and related products by the end of September, according to the Russian government. A statement released by Alexey Likhachev, Russia's first deputy minister of economic development said: “This issue will be considered by the government after the necessary consultations with the experts. I think that we will be ready for such a step by the end of ...


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