14/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has announced that the independent Brussels-based consultant Asger Petersen has been appointed for a five-year term to the WTO Permanent group of Subsides and Countervailing Measures. A Cleary Gottlieb press release states that Mr Petersen is one of the world's foremost experts on subsides and EU rules on Sate aid.