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U.S. raps Argentina, Indonesia import curbs at WTO
Source: Reuters
U.S. raps Argentina, Indonesia import curbs at WTO
By Doug Palmer
WASHINGTON | Fri Jun 22, 2012 4:17pm EDT
(Reuters) - The United States on Friday demanded that Argentina "immediately" end an import licensing regime and other curbs that have frustrated foreign suppliers, and expressed concerns about a "sweeping new import restriction" Indonesia has imposed.
The comments came in remarks by a U.S. official at the World Trade Organization in Geneva.
Rachel Bae, a U.S. attache, took a notably harder line with Argentina, which is already the target of a WTO suit filed by the European Union over steps the South American nation has taken to discourage imports.
Those include an import licensing regime and an obligation on companies to balance imports with exports.
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By Doug Palmer
WASHINGTON | Fri Jun 22, 2012 4:17pm EDT
(Reuters) - The United States on Friday demanded that Argentina "immediately" end an import licensing regime and other curbs that have frustrated foreign suppliers, and expressed concerns about a "sweeping new import restriction" Indonesia has imposed.
The comments came in remarks by a U.S. official at the World Trade Organization in Geneva.
Rachel Bae, a U.S. attache, took a notably harder line with Argentina, which is already the target of a WTO suit filed by the European Union over steps the South American nation has taken to discourage imports.
Those include an import licensing regime and an obligation on companies to balance imports with exports.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/22/us-usa-trade-argentina-indonesia-idUSBRE85L1BM20120622
