Devastated
Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:44:41 GMT
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I do not give a fig if the people of Kenya or anywhere else
do not buy cod, textiles, glassware, mobile homes and apples.
Somewhere, there are a bunch of Third World Cigar Afficianados
sitting around a table discussing cod fish, and apples and trailers.
They should all get hemis and also die of the Mongolian clap.
WTO Approves Sanctions on U.S. Exports
Updated 9:19 AM ET November 26, 2004
GENEVA (AP) - The World Trade Organization on Friday approved stiff
sanctions on a wide range of American exports intended to punish the
United States for failing to repeal what it considers protectionist
legislation, a trade diplomat said.
"It's been approved," said Amina C. Mohamed, Kenyan ambassador to the
WTO and chairwoman of the organization's dispute settlement body.
The European Union and other plaintiffs sought formal WTO authorization
to retaliate by imposing new duties against various U.S. products. Among
the potential targets are cod, textiles, glassware, mobile homes and
apples.
The WTO dispute settlement body had been scheduled to take the action
Wednesday, but U.S. trade diplomats held last-minute talks with
counterparts from the European Union and countries including Canada and
India.
Although U.S. officials declined comment, the move was believed to have
followed wrangling after Washington requested fine-tuning of documents
submitted to the WTO.
Copyright 2004 The Associated Press.