Brussels, 04/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - As already reported in EUROPE, the EU called last Friday for consultations to be opened with the United States under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), concerning US restrictions on imports of wire rod and welded line pipe. While thus opening the way to multilateral arbitration, it continues to urge for a "speedy and satisfactory resolution of this issue" in order to avoid having to "move on to another dispute settlement panel in...