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An international trade expert is predicting the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will rule against Australia in its hearing into apple imports.New Zealand is challenging Australia's quarantine rules for apples at the WTO, claiming they are an excessive trade barrier.The Australian government is arguing the import regulations are a protection against the disease fire blight.But Alan Oxley from trade consultants ITS Global says Australia's case is weak and will probably be defeated."It may have been that the previous government who set this process in train decided it was going to be easier to be overruled by the WTO to demonstrate that its case couldn't stand rather than take the decision itself, sometimes it's politically convenient to do that. "But this is a case where on the surface it looks like we have tried to use the system to obstruct entry of New Zealand apples."
In this report: Alan Oxley, ITS Global
An international trade expert is predicting the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will rule against Australia in its hearing into apple imports.New Zealand is challenging Australia's quarantine rules for apples at the WTO, claiming they are an excessive trade barrier.The Australian government is arguing the import regulations are a protection against the disease fire blight.But Alan Oxley from trade consultants ITS Global says Australia's case is weak and will probably be defeated."It may have been that the previous government who set this process in train decided it was going to be easier to be overruled by the WTO to demonstrate that its case couldn't stand rather than take the decision itself, sometimes it's politically convenient to do that. "But this is a case where on the surface it looks like we have tried to use the system to obstruct entry of New Zealand apples."
In this report: Alan Oxley, ITS Global
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