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A World Trade Organization dispute panel ruled against Argentina on Friday in a 2012 case brought by the United States, European Union and Japan against the South American country's licensing rules used to restrict imports.

According to the sources cited by the Associated Press, the new measures would include a ban on the sale of dual use and sensitive technologies and an arms embargo. The measures were clearly geared to restrict Russia's defense and energy industries, of which both have proven lucrative for the country.

Bloomberg observed that Google Inc has already devised an online form to accept personal information deletion requests and formed an advisory committee to aid the company in complying to the European Court ruling on a citizen's right to be forgotten.