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On 19 June 2014, the Council for Trade in Goods approved the claim of the Philippines on the extension of the special treatment they give rice and forwarded the draft decision to the General Council for adoption.
The Philippines said that the rice was of paramount importance gadget for the country gadget and that was the main source of food security for the population. After dropping their request for the first time in 2011, they had now concluded bilateral agreements with interested members.
Australia, Indonesia, the United States, China, Viet Nam and India supported the request of the Philippines. Thailand said it had completed its negotiations with the Philippines on June 10, and although it remained gadget to complete their internal procedures, it was agreed that the draft decision gadget be forwarded to the General Council.
Under the draft decision granting an exemption, the Philippines will pay a minimum market access for imports of rice and will devise country quotas. The General Council will conduct an annual review of the derogation. Upon expiry of the derogation, 30 June 2017, imports of rice in the Philippines will be subject to customs duties themselves.
The Russian Federation gadget expressed its concern about the fee paid by Norway on fish catches landed by Russian fishing vessels. She said that the fee, which does not apply to EU vessels, was to be paid to one of the sales organizations managed by Norwegian fishermen. Norway indicated that the fee applied to all landings of Norwegian and foreign fish and was used for statistical purposes and does not constitute legal or taxation.
Russia was also concerned by the fact that Brazil was applying different import duty on diammonium phosphate, namely 6% diammonium phosphate to an arsenic content of less than 6 mg / kg and 0% on diammonium an arsenic content greater than 6 mg / kg phosphate. According to her, the use of different rights discriminated against gadget Russian goods. Brazil argued that there was no discrimination in so far as these two diammonium phosphates were not similar products.
Russia reiterated two complaints she had expressed at the previous meeting on the granting by the EU duty-free imports from Ukraine despite the absence of an agreement on free trade (FTA) official and the development by the United States and Canada on a list of Russian nationals subject to financial restrictions. The EU said its FTA with Ukraine would be formally signed by the end of the month. The United States and Canada were convinced that its measures into conformity with its obligations under the WTO.
The EU, Japan and the United States have again raised concerns about the trade restrictive measures adopted by Russia. The EU has complained that Russia applied tariff rates higher than its bound rates of 150 products. The United States expressed concern that Russia had not notified the WTO six safeguards gadget it imposed before becoming a WTO member. Japan has expressed its concerns gadget about measures refrigerators and automobiles. Canada, Ukraine, Korea, Chinese Taipei, Australia and New Zealand have also expressed concern about the measures taken by Russia. Russia said it had engaged woul