GENEVA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - African cotton producers will consider taking legal action against Washington if harmful U.S. subsidies are not repealed promptly, Burkina Faso's trade minister said on Tuesday.
"We cannot wait forever because our entire cotton industry will disappear," Mamadou Sanou told a news conference during a World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting in Geneva.
"If we were to take a case against the United States, it would be our right. It is not a threat. "We are entitled to do so in an entirely fair-play fashion," the minister said. (Reporting by Jason Rhodes, writing by Laura MacInnis) ((geneva.newsroom@reuters.com; Tel. +41 79 240 9036))