Spain: The black olive calls on the Government to put pressure on the US

Published Nov 30, 2021

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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled that the United States' imposition of countervailing duties on Spanish black olive imports in 2018 was in violation of its rules, and has ordered the US to remove the tariffs. This decision, welcomed by Spain's agricultural sector and the European Commission, comes after the Spanish Association of Exporters and Industrialists of Table Olives (Asemesa) called for government intervention and increased diplomatic pressure. The tariffs, which were imposed following allegations of unfair competition from the Californian table olive sector, had significantly damaged Spanish olive exports to the US.

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The cards have been put on the table regarding the penalty suffered by the export of Spanish black olives by the United States after the last word of the World Trade Organization (WTO), but the producer sector fears that this resolution will remain on wet paper and everything remains the same. For this reason, the Spanish Association of Exporters and Industrialists of Table Olives (Asemesa) demands the intervention of the Government of Spain to initiate the necessary diplomatic actions and the tariffs are really eliminated. A report by the Special Group of the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled on the 19th that the countervailing duties imposed by the United States on imports of black olives from Spain during the previous Administration, in 2018, are illegal according to to WTO rules, whereby the United States must now take the necessary steps to comply with the Panel's recommendations. More information Black olives in a cooperative Black olives in a cooperative Black table ...

Source: Diariodealmeria