RUSSIA’S MEAT BAN MAKES EU NERVOUS IN THE FACE OF RUSSIA WTO ACCESSION
August 1st, 2012
BY ALAN OSBORN
RUSSIA'S ban on certain live cattle and pig imports from the European Union (EU) is being used by the European Commission as a method to assess whether Russia will deliver on the commitments it made when joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Commission officials told Meat Trades Journal that the matter was being seen as "an early test of Russia's good faith" in signing up for international free trade principles. They would not, however, remark on whether or when the EU would launch WTO disputes proceedings over the issue. After ...
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