Wednesday, July 22, 2009

China calls on WTO to end US poultry dispute

China appealed to the World Trade Organization on July 20 to rule on its complaint against the U.S. legislation that bans the import of Chinese poultry, according to an Agence France-Presse report.
China and the U.S. stopped imports of each other's poultry in 2004 over fears of the spread of bird flu. Imports of some U.S. poultry products to China have resumed since then but Chinese officials have complained that the U.S. continues to veto imports of Chinese poultry.
Xinhua news agency reported that China imported 580,000 metric tons of U.S. chicken products last year, accounting for 73.4% of all such imports.

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