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WTO Says Brazil Can Saction US Over Cotton

D&S Admin Nov 19, 2009

The World Trade Organization has ruled that Brazil may impose trade sanctions against a variety of U.S. exports in a 9-year old complaint about U.S. government subsidies for cotton farmers.

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