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U.S. slams EU depiction of WTO meat hormone ruling

Tue Apr 1, 2008 3:55pm EDT
 
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Union has mischaracterized a ruling from the World Trade Organization court, the Bush administration said on Tuesday, insisting the United States is not required to remove sanctions in an epic trans-Atlantic trade spat.

"The EU is simply ignoring what the (WTO) panel actually said," said Gretchen Hamel, a spokeswoman for U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab, referring to a ruling made public on Monday in the long-running case over beef from cattle treated with growth hormones.

 

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