WTO MEXICO USA RICE ANTI-DUMPING DUTY APPEAL
December 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE MEXICAN government has lost an appeal at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against a disputes panel ruling that it should review its 10.18% anti-dumping duties levied on American rice because it had used faulty procedures assessing whether the US had been dumping long grain rice. Mexico claimed the original panel "erred" in its findings about the investigation staged by its economics ministry. However, the appellate body rejected 16 of the 17 claims made by Mexico and recommended it bring the tariffs in line with WTO anti-dumping, ...
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