Brazil slaps trade sanctions on US over cotton dis
Brazil slaps trade sanctions on US over cotton dispute
Brazil slaps trade sanctions on US over cotton dispute
The Brazilian government has announced trade sanctionsplastic fruit against a variety of American goods in retaliation for illegal US subsidies to cotton farmers.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) #xapproved the sanctions in a rare move.
Brazil published a list of 100 US goods that would be subject to import tariffs in 30 days, unless the two governments reached a last-minute accord.
It said it regretted the sanctions, but that eight years of litigation had failed to produce a result.
It said it would raise tariffs on $591m (￡393m) worth of US products - from carsplastic fruit, where the tariff will increase from 35% to 50%, to milk powder, which would see a 20% increase in the levy.
Cotton and cotton products would be charged 100% import tariff, the highest on the list.
The Office of the US Trade Representative said it was "disappointed" by Brazil's decision and called for a negotiated settlement.
Critics say the US has given its cotton growers an unfair advantage by paying them billions of dollars each year.
In 2008, the WTO ruled that subsidies to US cotton producers were discriminatory.
Carlos Marcio Cozendey, #xhead of economic affairs at Brazil's foreign ministry,GPS Tracker, told a news conference: "The idea was to distribute the retaliation broadly in order to maximise pressure."
"US farm subsidies plastic fruitare condemned worldwide. This archaic practice must stop," he added.
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