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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9823

22 January 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
France wants to appeal to WTO over planned rise in American duty on Roquefort

Brussels, 21/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - Barely through the door of the White House, President Barack Obama will have to deal with a new transatlantic trade dispute fuelled by a double decision by the outgoing Bush administration in mid-January (see EUROPE 9820) - firstly, to increase US customs duties on a number of European products, including Roquefort cheese, in retaliation for the EU refusal to lift the ban on the import of hormone-treated beef, and, secondly to refer the continued EU...

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