WTO TO HEAR USA CLAIM AGAINST FILIPINO EXCISE DUTIES
April 1st, 2010
BY LEAH GERMAIN
THE UNITED States has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to establish a dispute settlement panel to consider the excise taxes applied by the Philippines on excised products, including scents and perfumes. Washington claims goods usually not made in the Philippines attract higher duty than those which are manufactured domestically, discriminating against imported products.
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THE UNITED States has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to establish a dispute settlement panel to consider the excise taxes applied by the Philippines on excised products, including scents and perfumes. Washington claims goods usually not made in the Philippines attract higher duty than those which are manufactured domestically, discriminating against imported products.
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