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 groups argued that ue , representative of the greater exporter of the world , infringed the rules of the omc when exceeding the restriction of the benefits to the crops agreed under the agree on agriculture of the omc in 1994 .