RIGAFlustered by a deluge of cheap imported pork that threatened to undermine its own producers, Latvia's Parliament on June 5 passed a law that will establish quotas and additional duties on pork imports.Much to the ire of Baltic neighbors Estonia and Lithuania, the protectionist measure will apply to all pork imports.Once signed by President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, the law will remain in effect until Latvia joins the European Union in May 2004.The law is the culmination of an investigation launched last summer by the State Bureau of Trade Defense, an Economy Ministry supervised institution,...
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