Brussels, 23/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - After the failure of attempts at a friendly settlement in the framework of formal consultation in Geneva, the Union, as well as the Philippines and Thailand, have submitted their dispute on preferential treatment on ACP imported tuna preserves to the mediation of the Directorate General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) instead of going through the usual and legally binding procedures of resolution through arbitration. This is a first. The American,...