WASHINGTON LAUNCHES WTO CASE OVER EU CHICKEN RULES
October 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States has lost patience with the European Union (EU) over its ban on imports of poultry carcasses treated with four types of chemicals - effectively blocking most American chicken from sale. Washington has formally requested a World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel to adjudicate the long-running row. The US claims the EU is breaking its WTO free trade obligations by blocking imports of poultry carcasses treated with chlorine dioxide, acidified sodium chlorite, trisodium phosphate and peroxyacids. For such a ban to stand at the ...
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