<p>Geneva, Switzerland, Jun. 19 (UPI) -- A World Trade Organization dispute panel on Friday, acting on charges by Brazil, ruled that U.S. cotton subsidies provided to producers, users, and exporters of upland cotton, violate trade rules, trade diplomats said.</p>
<p>The ruling, comes at a critical juncture in the troubled Doha global trade talks, bogged down because of differences over agricultural issues, and could have a major impact in galvanizing political support to advance the talks forward, diplomats and trade experts said.</p>