The World Trade Organization hearings about the EU-US dispute over aerospace industry subsidies will be open to the public, several news organizations are reporting today, including AFX, http://www.todayonline.com/articles/95980.asp Reuters http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=89262 and Agence France Presse http://www.financialexpress-bd.com/index3.asp?cnd=1/20/2006§ion_id=8&newsid=13214&spcl=no.
Key Quote (from Reuters): “Traditionally, trade panels meet behind closed doors. But the United States has been campaigning for years to make proceedings public, arguing that this would make the process more transparent.”
The hearings are set to start in June — with testimony sandwiched around the Farnborough air show. A ruling could take up to two years.
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