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Article: United States - subsidies on upland cotton, recourse to article 21.5 of the DSU by Brazil.(WTO dispute settlement understanding)
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- American Journal of International Law
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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WTO Appellate Body--compliance with recommendations and rulings in U.S.--Upland Cotton--pending arbitration over countermeasures by Brazil--scope of compliance proceedings
In September 2006, the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) agreed to Brazil's request for a WTO panel to examine whether the United States had brought its cotton subsidies measures into compliance with the DSB's recommendations and rulings in the well-known U.S.--Upland Cotton case. (34) The compliance panel ruled in favor of Brazil, and the United States appealed. In United States--Upland Cotton (Article 21.5--Brazil), (35) in a report that in most respects upheld the compliance panel ...