Pressure Mounts on U.S. in WTO Cotton Dispute

Pressure mounted on the United States to obey a world trade ruling outlawing some of its multibillion-dollar cotton subsidies.

The World Trade Organization rubber-stamped a ruling by its highest court upholding a complaint by Brazil against the farm aid and set the clock ticking for Washington to comply.

Brazil argued that the U.S. exceeded subsidy ceilings with its cotton support programs, worth $4 billion in 2001 alone.