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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12450

20 March 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 31
EXTERNAL ACTION / Turkey
Istanbul contests EU steel safeguards at WTO
Brussels, 19/03/2020 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday, 19 March, Turkey initiated a dispute with the European Union in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), requesting consultations on the EU’s safeguard measures on its imports of steel products.

According to Istanbul, these measures and the European Commission’s investigation leading to their imposition are incompatible with WTO rules.

In response to the US tariffs on steel, the EU has been applying definitive safeguard measures on steel since February 2019 to prevent any...

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