US Blocks WTO Panel on Vietnam Fish Disputes
The U.S. blocked the formation of a panel at the World Trade Organization to adjudicate disputes over U.S. Department of Agriculture inspections of catfish and swai and on antidumping duties on frozen fish fillets. Vietnam says the inspections are purportedly…
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for sanitary reasons, but alleges the U.S. inspections are not based on a risk assessment of swai imports (see 1802270041). Countries that reject a panel, as the U.S. did on June 22, can only do so once, so a panel should be formed shortly.