Here is the updated version of the accompanying Slide Notes.
*BT=Brazil and Thailand
*EC-European communities

Introduction
In 2002, Brazil and Thailand brought the European communities before the WTO based on accusations of unfair treatment in trade.

Background.
-From 1996-2002 BT exported frozen chicken cuts treated with salt to EC
-EEC was bound to its tariff schedule to not apply a duty ate exceeding 15.4% to “meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked.”-under tariff item.
-In 2002, new regulations emerged in the EC citing a new classification of imported meats under tariff item 02.10.
-Based on the new rules, the bound rate in tariff item 02.10 would apply only where salt had been added to meat for the purpose of long-term preservation.
-Due to these new rules, those same chicken cuts treated with salt exported by BT would fall under a different tariff item 02.07, “fresh, chilled or frozen poultry.” which has a higher bound rate than the initial classification item 02.10 0f 102.4 euros per kilogram i.e. an ad valorem rate pf between 40 and 60 %.
-Hence, European Custom Authorities were obliged to apply the higher tariff rate since the Frozen chicken cuts treated with salt were not salted for the purpose for long-term preservation.

Conflict
-According to BT the EC violated Article II 1a and II 1b of the GATT 1994 of the WTO which forbids the EC to impose charges and duties beyond 15.4% ad valorem to their exports in accordance with its previously determined bound tariff schedule to the product in question-the frozen chicken cuts treated with salt under tariff item 02.10-regardless of whether the salt was applied for the purposes of long term preservation.
-The BC claimed that the application of this new regulation had accorded them less favourable treatment in trade and nullified and impaired the benefits of their business