The EU will request a World Trade Organisation panel

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Series Details 10/09/98, Volume 4, Number 32
Publication Date 10/09/1998
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Date: 10/09/1998

on the US state of Massachusetts' anti-Burma policy at a meeting in Geneva on 22 September, European Commission officials confirmed this week. The Union claims the measure breaks WTO rules on government procurement. Under a law passed by Massachusetts in 1993, all tenders for state projects from companies with investments with Burma are subject to a 10&percent; surcharge which makes their bids uncompetitive.

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