On March 11, 1996, Mickey Kantor, the American trade secretary, announced that he was filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization to protest, first, the 80% excise tax on split run magazines under Bill C-103, second, the lower postal rates granted Canadian publications, third, the postal subsidy and, fourth, tariff 9958 making it illegal to import split runs into Canada.
In 1996, Mickey Kantor filed three complaints concerning Canadian laws and as the American Trade Secretary he was able to voice these complaints to the WTO.
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