The World Trade Organization ruled that the so-called Byrd amendment, named after its principal sponsor, Sen. Robert Byrd, was illegal, and that a number of countries were entitled to charge higher tariffs on millions of dollars of U.S. goods. John Kerry released the following statement today on the inability of the Bush administration to fight hard enough in the World Trade Organization (WTO) to gain acceptance for the Byrd amendment, which allows companies to be compensated when they suffer from...
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