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Brazil cotton important WTO decision makes trade retaliation operational

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Brazil, Global, USA
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  • September 28 2009

In an arbitration panel decision handed down on 31 August 2009, the World Trade Organization (WTO) clarified how and to what extent the industries of a WTO Member government may be targeted for countermeasures when the government has provided WTO-illegal subsidies

Brazilian government targets U.S. products for up to a 100 additional retaliatory tariffs

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Brazil, USA
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  • November 11 2009

On November 6, 2009, the Government of Brazil concluded nearly seven years of litigation before the World Trade Organization (WTO) concerning cotton subsidies by announcing retaliation against the United States

Executive order authorises and regulates cross retaliation measures relating to IP matters for violation of WTO agreements

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Brazil, USA
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  • April 6 2010

The Brazilian President enacted Executive Order 482, which provides for retaliation measures authorised by the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) regarding the non-compliance by the US with the DSB's decisions on the "US - Subsidies on Upland Cotton" case, that considered certain US subsidies incompatible with the obligations adopted within the WTO Agreements and recommended the elimination of such subsidies

What happens if the US ethanol tariff expires?

  • Chadbourne & Parke LLP
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  • Brazil, USA
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  • September 10 2010

Brazil has temporarily reduced its import tariff on foreign ethanol to zero until the end of 2011 in a move aimed at provoking the United States into letting its ethanol import tariff expire as scheduled at the end of 2010

APHIS proposes to amend regulations on Brazilian animal imports

  • White & Case LLP
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  • Brazil, USA
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  • May 3 2010

On April 16, 2010, APHIS announced a proposed rule to loosen restrictions on Brazilian animal imports by adding to the list of permissible imports animals and animal products from the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina

Brazil unveils final list of U.S. exports targeted for retaliatory import duties

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Brazil, USA
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  • March 9 2010

On March 8, 2010, the Brazilian Foreign Trade Chamber (CAMEX or A Câmara de Comércio Exterior), published Resolution 152010, 1 announced the final list of U.S. products targeted for additional import duties into Brazil

Brazil vs. U.S. WTO cotton dispute - Brazil threatens to impose high import duties on U.S. products

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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  • Brazil, USA
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  • March 22 2010

Brazil’s government announced a bold initiative against the United States in retaliation for U.S. cotton subsidies earlier this month

Brazil releases list of intellectual property retaliation measures

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Brazil, USA
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  • March 22 2010

On March 15, 2010, the Brazilian Chamber of External Trade (CAMEX) released the first list of Intellectual Property (IP) retaliation measures that will be implemented if no agreement is reached between the Brazilian and US governments over the cotton dispute

Brazil initiates antidumping proceedings on U.S. steel products

  • Thompson Hine LLP
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  • Brazil, USA
  • -
  • April 13 2012

The Brazilian government has initiated an antidumping investigation on flat-rolled austenitic and stainless steels

US removes Brazil from piracy list

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Brazil, USA
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  • April 26 2011

Brazil has been removed from a list of "notorious markets" of piracy and smuggling that was recently published by the US Trade Representative (USTR