08/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - WTO rules Philippines tax regime on the import of spirits to be discriminatory. The report by the WTO special panel on the complaint lodged by the EU against the Philippines' regime on the import of spirits (DS 396), which was published in mid-August, confirmed that the excise tax applied on distilled spirits in the Philippines discriminates against imported spirits. The tax regime, which works against European exporters, brought a 50% fall in exports of spirits...