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Press/394
11 January 2005
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
Supachai welcomes EU ?US decision on aircraft dispute
Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi today welcomed the decision taken by the European Union and the United States to negotiate a bilateral resolution to their ongoing dispute concerning aircraft subsidies rather than continue the cases they had brought in October to the WTO抯 Dispute Settlement Body.
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揟he WTO抯 dispute settlement system has proven itself to be highly effective in
resolving disputes and in focusing attention on commercial disagreements which
had previously strained relations between countries. But our resources are not
infinite and the high level of visibility given to cases before the DSB can
sometimes make settlement more difficult. I commend both parties in choosing the
path of commercial diplomacy rather than conflict,?he said.