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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10590

6 April 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 33
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) trade
Thailand, alcohol, De Gucht threatens to go before WTO

Brussels, 05/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - Commissioner De Gucht is planning to take action at the WTO against hefty import taxes applied by Thailand to alcoholic drinks.

The EU could bring legal action against the regime for the import of alcoholic drinks in Thailand, warned Karel De Gucht, on the sidelines of the meeting of the economy ministers of the ASEAN zone in Phnom Pen on 31 March. At a bilateral meeting, De Gucht warned the Thai authorities that he was not ruling out the option of...

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