Washington Report

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representatives (USTR) is requesting public comments on the U.S. government’s action of March 6 that requested consultations with the Government of India under the “Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO)” concerning anti-dumping prohibitions imposed by India on the importation of various agricultural products from the United States purportedly because of concerns related to Avian Influenza.

Brazil is likely to challenge the European Union’s use of export subsidies for poultry when the two governments meet in the near future to discuss international trade issues, according to a report in the United Kingdom’s Farmers Weekly.