U.S. Rejects WTO Panel On Clove Cigarette Ban |
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June 22, 2010
(Reuters) - The United States rejected on Tuesday a call by Indonesia for a World Trade Organization panel to rule on their dispute over the U.S. ban on clove-flavoured cigarettes.
(Reuters) - The United States rejected on Tuesday a call by Indonesia for a World Trade Organization panel to rule on their dispute over the U.S. ban on clove-flavoured cigarettes.
Like many trade disputes, this turns on health and safety rules, and whether they are being abused to keep out imports.
Indonesia says a U.S. law, implemented in September last year, banning flavoured cigarettes is discriminatory because it covers the clove flavours popular in the Southeast Asian country but excludes menthol cigarettes widely produced in America.
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