Friday, August 19, 2016

Ministry of Economic Development has committed to appeal WTO ruling against Russia – RBC

Russia, with high probability, will appeal the decision of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which recognized the illegal ban on the import of live pigs and pork from Europe. This was reported in the Ministry of Economic Development website.

«The Russian side does not agree with the latest findings, as they are unreasonable and unfair. Feasibility of treatment in the WTO Appellate Body is very high. The corresponding decision will be made within the WTO procedure time – in the coming weeks “, – stated in the

In the WTO on Friday endorsed the EU, stating that the ban on the import of pork, introduced by Russia in January 2014, is contrary. Agreement on the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures WTO. Then Rosselkhoznadzor cited the outbreak of African swine fever in Lithuania and Poland. The European Commission also protested against the fact that Moscow has extended the ban on pork imports and on those EU countries where there were no outbreaks of the disease. In this part of the arbitrators rejected the claims of the European Union, including accusations of ignoring the economic factors and the lack of transparency measures.

Today’s decision of the WTO was the second decision taken against Russia in recent years. A week earlier, the arbitrators recognized that Moscow overstated duties on imports of European refrigerators, palm oil and paper, thus violating WTO rules.

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