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 remaining countries argued that ue , representative of the greater importer of the world , violated the rules of the omc when exceeding the limit of the subsidies to the industries noted under the agree on agricultural of the omc in 1994 .