Abstract
The failure of U.S. poultry exporters to participate in the marked growth of the Middle East poultry import market in the 1970’s led to an evaluation of the European Community’s (EC) Common Agricultural Policy. The evaluation disclosed a system of export mechanisms that enables EC producers to export their poultry meat at world market prices. The questionable legality of the EC subsidy under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) led a coalition of U.S. producers to institute proceedings against the EC in an effort to abate the alleged unfair trade practices. The proceedings were later amended to include Brazil’s export program for poultry meat.
The objective of this paper is to relate the legal provisions of GATT and the Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations (MTN) with the poultry subsidies provided by the EC and Brazil to discern whether U.S. producers have grounds to challenge these subsidies. The paper commences with a discussion of applicable international trade agreements, U.S. law and the legal procedure for a cause of action against EC and Brazilian poultry export policies. The EC import protection devices and export restitutions are identified and the EC’s export refunds are analyzed to show the alleged subsidy element and impact. The Brazilian poultry export subsidies are also identified
Recommended Citation
Ames, Glenn C. W. and Centner, Terence J.
(1986)
"U.S. Poultry Exports: Challenging European Community and Brazilian Poultry Subsidies,"
Florida Journal of International Law: Vol. 1:
Iss.
2, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/fjil/vol1/iss2/2