Argentine Republic
Oral Statement
On May 13, 2003, the Argentine Republic joined the United States and Canada in filing a challenge to the legality of European Community restrictions on the importation of food derived from agricultural biotechnology before the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Body. The following is excerpted from an oral presentation by Argentina before a hearing of the WTO panel considering the dispute in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 2, 2004.The EC is applying a measure — the "de facto" moratorium — that violates the SPS Agreement, carefully negotiated in the Uruguay Round, by straying from the basic obligation to base the restriction…
