Turkey initiates dispute complaint with WTO against USA

NewsBharati    21-Aug-2018
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Ankara, August 21: Turkey has initiated a dispute complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the United States for imposing additional tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from Turkey.


 

The WTO said Turkey on Monday requested dispute consultations on claims that the doubling of duties on steel and aluminium were inconsistent with international trade rules.

US has doubled the tariffs in response to Turkey's rejection of a request to release an American pastor detained for the past two years for alleged involvement in an abortive military coup. Turkey has retaliated by imposing tariffs on American products.

Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump ruled out agreeing to any demands from Turkey to gain the release of a detained American pastor.

Turkey has demanded that the United States hand over Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish cleric in the United States suspected in the coup plot against Erdogan, but the United States has refused the demand.

 

The request for consultations formally initiates a dispute in the WTO. Consultations give the parties an opportunity to discuss the matter and to find a satisfactory solution without proceeding further with litigation. After 60 days, if consultations have failed to resolve the dispute, the complainant may request adjudication by a panel.