brazil , australia and thailand argued that the eu , consisting of the world ' s largest import , broke tariff cap rules by exceeding limits on export subsidies put down under negotiations ' s 1994 armistice on farmers .
the three countries argued that ue , one of the greater exporter of the world , patents the rules of the omc when imposing the limit of the subsidies to the industries indicated under the agreement on agriculture of the omc in 1994 .