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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9507

22 September 2007
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
Washington could be about to go to WTO on Community duties on hi-tech imports

Brussels, 21/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - A new transatlantic trade quarrel could be about to break out: according to British Daily The Financial Times of 21 September, the United States is preparing to complain to the WTO about Community Customs duties imposed on imports of high technology products such as digital decoders and screens. Washington could be about to challenge the EU interpretation of the 1996 WTO Information Technology Agreement (ITA). The ITA, which came into effect in 1997 and...

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