SWITZERLAND: WTO rules against US cotton subsidies
By just-style.com | 16 October 2007
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has upheld a ruling that the US failed to axe illegal subsidies paid to its cotton farmers - a decision that could mean billions of dollars worth of retaliatory sanctions against US products.
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