On Wednesday 11 July, the American International Trade Commission (ITC) confirmed the decision of the US Department of Commerce on 12 June to impose total anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duty of 34.75% on imports of black Spanish olives to the United States.
The European Commission immediately criticised these definitive measures, describing them as “unreasonably high” and “protectionist”.
“These duties target a high quality, successful and non-subsidised EU product”, exports of...