Aquanews Vietnam goes to WTO to challenge US restrictions on pangasius fish
Aquanews Vietnam goes to WTO to challenge US restrictions on pangasius fish

Vietnam goes to WTO to challenge US restrictions on pangasius fish

Author Reuters, publish date Tuesday. March 13th, 2018

Vietnam goes to WTO to challenge US restrictions on pangasius fish

Employees work at a pangasius factory in Vietnam's Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang. Photo by Reuters

The complaint said the US was unfairly restricting Vietnam's pangasius fish without a sufficient scientific basis.

Vietnam has launched a complaint at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to challenge U.S. restrictions on imports of pangasius seafood from Vietnam, a WTO filing showed on Tuesday.

The complaint said pangasius fish was economically significant for Vietnam and was a healthy and affordable source of protein for U.S. consumers, but that the United States was unfairly restricting it without a sufficient scientific basis.

Under WTO rules, Vietnam could ask for adjudication of the dispute if the United States does not settle it within 60 days.


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