EU halts WTO case against India over wine, spirits

Wednesday, 18 July, 2007
The Associated Press
The European Union halted a World Trade Organization investigation into Indian tariffs on wine and spirits Monday, praising New Delhi for lifting unfair export hurdles for EU products such as Bordeaux wine and Scottish whisky.
The United States, however, said it was continuing with its separate WTO probe. The EU move comes two weeks after India announced that it was revoking the additional duties it charged on wine and spirits, up to 550 percent in some cases, which the two superpowers challenged at the Geneva-based trade referee.