06/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - After appeal, WTO upholds its decision against the Filipino import regime on spirits. On 21 December 2011, the WTO appellate body upheld the decision by the dispute settlement body in August which found against the Philippines on taxes imposed on imported distilled alcohols. The dispute settlement body found on behalf of the EU and the United States in their complaints to the WTO (DS 396 and DS 403) about the excise tax regime that was put in place in the...