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To: Snowshoe who wrote (72478)2/11/2010 9:35:40 PM
From: Snowshoe   of 74559
 
The WTO trade rules are becoming a circus! Brazil complains about US cotton subsidies, but IMO Lula's recently proposed iron ore export tax is a de facto subsidy for Brazilian steel makers...

Lula Sets Law for Brazil to Retaliate on U.S. Patents
bloomberg.com

The WTO ruled in August that Brazil has the right to impose $294.7 million annually in sanctions because of subsidies paid to U.S. cotton farmers. The amount is the second highest ever permitted by the Geneva-based trade arbiter.
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