WASHINGTON — The House has voted to block a $147 million annual payment to Brazil’s cotton industry, renewing a decade-old trade dispute with the country. The chamber voted 223-197 Thursday to adopt an amendment to a farm spending bill that would block the payment, which the United States agreed to last year in response to [...]
Tag: world trade organization
June 17, 2011
March 31, 2011
US subsidies to Boeing ‘illegal’
The dispute between Boeing and rival Airbus has been going on for six years US aircraft manufacturer Boeing received at least $5.3bn (£3.3bn) in unfair aid from Washington, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has concluded. The subsidies included money for research and development from the Nasa space agency, a panel of international trade judges has [...]