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Russia scores WTO win in tariff case against Ukraine


GENEVA: The World Trade Organization on Thursday said that anti-dumping duties imposed by Kiev on Russian fertiliser ammonium nitrate violated international trade rules.The WTO’s Appellate Body, in a final ruling, upheld a previous decision by a panel of experts in its Dispute Settlement Body that Ukraine’s justification for the tariffs, which were first imposed in 2008, was faulty.After Ukraine extended and increased the duties in 2014, Moscow took the case to the global trade body in May 2015.After consultations between the two sides failed to resolve the issue, a WTO panel was created and finally ruled in July 2018 in …read more

Source:: theSun

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