Brazil Cotton Payment Ban Added Back to House-Passed Ag Bill
Prior to its June 16, 2011 passage of H.R. 2112, the FY 2012 Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration Appropriations Act, the House of Representatives added back in a provision which would block funding from being used to make payments to Brazil as part of a mutually agreed World Trade Organization settlement dispute involving cotton. (Earlier in its consideration, the House had stricken a similar funding ban from the bill.)
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(See ITT's 06/20/11 news, 11062015, for BP summary of Brazil's threats to retaliate if U.S. drops cotton payments.)