WTO to U.S.: Eat Chinese Chicken
OPS_admin | Jul 31, 2010 | Comments 0
So… this is the deal. China gets to manipulate currency, charge VAT tariffs against our imports, freeze out U.S. vendors from gov’t procurement, steel our technology, etc. But we have to eat their questionably raised chicken.
So says the secret deliberative decision making body at the WTO.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) delivered a ruling against the US ban on chicken products from China, said a report from China Daily on Wednesday, citing sources close to the dispute.
As the ruling takes effect shortly, the US market will be opened up for finished chicken breasts exports from China, said the report.
In its interim ruling in June, WTO said that US ban on chicken exports from China was not in accordance with its rules and regulations.
Citing confidentiality, the officials concerned with the matter did not disclose any further details on the ruling, the report states.
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