29.09.2010

The WTO said that U.S. restrictions on imports of Chinese chicken, turkey and duck break some global commerce rules.
The WTO said the U.S. was violating a number of its trade obligations by preventing Chinese chicken parts from entering the U.S. market, ruling against a measure in last year's U.S. federal spending bill.
The law extended a five-year U.S. ban on Chinese chicken declared after a 2004 outbreak of avian influenza.
The WTO can authorize sanctions against countries failing to comply with trade rules, but that usually takes years of litigation. Washington can appeal the 184-page verdict handed down on Sept. 29.