Brazil EU WTO poultry panel inches closer

Brazil opening a panel against the European Union at the World Trade Organization has moved one step closer.
The Brazilian government’s foreign trade body, Camex, is examining a request from the Brazilian Chicken and Exporters Association (Ubabef) to raise new rules introduced by the EU in May this year, that Ubabef says are a case of economic protectionism.
Brazil has already raised its concerns about the rule change, which prohibits the reprocessing and refreezing of imported frozen poultry meat. The change is particularly important to Brazil’s producers as the country only exports frozen meat to the EU.