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Norway wins salmon dispute with EU

August 21, 2007 6:58 pm · Post your comment (No Comments)

In January 2006 the EU Commission introduced a minimum price on salmon imported from Norway, after Scottish salmon farmers claimed that Norwegian salmon was sold to EU nations at prices below production cost.

Norway has rejected EU claims that the Norwegian salmon industry is subsidized, and that the salmon is sold at dumping prices on the EU market.

The Norwegian Government then brought the EU anti-dumping measures on the imports of Norwegian salmon before the WTO Dispute Settlement Body.

EU spokesmen said in Brussels on Friday that the claim that Norway had won the case was unsubstantiated, and that it in fact it was EU that had gained support for several of their main points.

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