Brussels, 14/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP states) are bitterly disappointed that Australia, Brazil and Thailand have requested the holding of a WTO panel to decide over their dispute with the EU over its sugar subsidies, specifically the preferential scheme for importing ACP sugar into the EU (see EUROPE of 9 July, p. 17). In a press release, the ACP group highlights the surprising and unfair nature of this move, which is potentially disastrous for...