Sale of wine in grocery stores - USA notifies WTO against Canada
By TIOL News Service
GENEVA, JAN 20, 2017: THE USA has notified the WTO Secretariat that it had requested WTO dispute consultations with Canada regarding measures maintained by the Canadian province of British Columbia governing the sale of wine.
The US has alleged that these measures discriminate against imported wine by applying different conditions of sale in grocery stores to wine from British Columbia and to imported wine, in contravention of Canada's obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994.
The request for consultations formally initiates a dispute in the WTO. Consultations give the parties an opportunity to discuss the matter and to find a satisfactory solution without proceeding further with litigation. After 60 days, if consultations have failed to resolve the dispute, the complainant may request adjudication by a panel.
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