WTO EXPORT SUBSIDIES
October 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is facing a mass attack on its sugar export subsidies at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). They have been formally challenged by both Australia and Brazil, with the Ivory Coast, Congo, Madagascar, Columbia, Canada, Kenya, Barbados, India, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Jamaica, Swaziland, Fiji, Guyana and Mauritius expected to line up behind them in support. Australia and Brazil claim that the export subsidies paid out to EU sugar exporters are in excess of Brussels' subsidy commitments made in previous WTO agreements. Australia also ...
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