This is the case:

Turkey placed restrictions on its import of rice, including a requirement that all imports of rice purchase domestic rice in order to continue importing under MFN rates. The United States claimed that this constituted less favourable treatment for imported rice than for domestic rice and therefore violated the national treatment principle of the GATT.

Questions:

Question 1 (12 points)

Does the requirement that imports of rice purchase domestic rice constitute less favourable treatment for importers than for domestic producers?

Question 2 (13 points)

Did the requirement violate the most-favoured-nation (MFN) treatment principle of the GATT?