RUSSIA’S EU SWINE FEVER BANS BREAK GLOBAL TRADE LAWS, SAYS WTO
August 1st, 2016
THE EUROPEAN Commission has welcomed Friday’s (Aug 19) ruling from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) opposing Russia’s bans on European Union (EU) exports of pigs, pigmeat and related products, imposed during 2014 because of outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF).
Russia, meanwhile, has said it is studying the ruling and may yet appeal.
In any case for the time being, even if Russia scraps its swine fever-related ban, EU pigmeat and related product exports are still blocked by Russia’s general embargo on western food exports, imposed over the Ukraine ...
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