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WTO to rule on EU hormone import ban

22/02/2005

The World Trade Organisation has set up two complaints panels after the European Union challenged US and Canadian trade sanctions against the EU ban on growth hormone-treated beef. According to the EU, neither country had removed extra duties on its products although Brussels had modified its rules on beef imports more than a year ago to comply with a WTO ruling in 1998.

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