BRASILIA, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Brazil will ask the World Trade Organization to open a dispute panel over European Union poultry regulations it considers illegal, a senior government official told Reuters on Friday.
"We've concluded that we have a strong case and will proceed," said Carlos Marcio Cozendey, head of the foreign ministry's department of economics.
Brazil is the world's largest poultry exporter. The EU, which adopted new regulations in May restricting the sale of certain thawed poultry products, is its third-largest market. (Reporting by Raymond Colitt; Editing by Anthony Boadle)