WTO HONDURAS – DOMINICAN
September 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
HONDURAS has launched disputes proceedings at the World Trade Organisation with the Dominican Republic, which it accuses of unfairly restricting the import of Honduran cigarettes through burdensome red tape, bond and taxation rules. It claims that, for instance, an insistence on fixing tax stamps to packs within the Dominican Republic breaks world trade rules.
HONDURAS has launched disputes proceedings at the World Trade Organisation with the Dominican Republic, which it accuses of unfairly restricting the import of Honduran cigarettes through burdensome red tape, bond and taxation rules. It claims that, for instance, an insistence on fixing tax stamps to packs within the Dominican Republic breaks world trade rules.
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