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US challenges India poultry ban at WTO
Bloomberg | Mar 7, 2012, 03.46AM IST
NEW YORK: The US complained at the World Trade Organization (WTO) about Indian curbs on its farm products, saying limits on imports such as poultry and eggs are discriminatory.
India says the ban is aimed at preventing bird flu, "but it has not provided scientific evidence in line with international standards on avian-influenza control", the US Trade Representative's Office said on Tuesday in an e-mailed statement from Washington. While the US has asked India to justify the need for the ban, "India has not provided valid, scientifically based justification for the import restrictions".
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Bloomberg | Mar 7, 2012, 03.46AM IST
NEW YORK: The US complained at the World Trade Organization (WTO) about Indian curbs on its farm products, saying limits on imports such as poultry and eggs are discriminatory.
India says the ban is aimed at preventing bird flu, "but it has not provided scientific evidence in line with international standards on avian-influenza control", the US Trade Representative's Office said on Tuesday in an e-mailed statement from Washington. While the US has asked India to justify the need for the ban, "India has not provided valid, scientifically based justification for the import restrictions".
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