Brussels / Geneva, 05/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - A panel of the World trade Organisation (WTO) issued a mitigated verdict in the dispute between the Union and Argentina over restrictions the latter applies in trade in cattle hides and finished leather. The three experts were indeed unable to confirm, for lack of sufficient evidence, that Buenos Aires maintained a de facto ban on the export of raw and semi-tanned hides, while admitting that: i) the application of customs laws is "intrinsically...