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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7870

23 December 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/united states/wto
EU and eight WTO members call for consultation over "Byrd amendment", a "perverse incentive system" for raising anti-dumping cases

Brussels, 22/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Union and eight other members of the World Trade Organisation - Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Thailand, India, Australia, Brazil and Chile - have announced they are calling for formal WTO consultation with the United States over the "Byrd amendment", the amendment presented by Senator Byrd which become law on 28 October and which provides for the proceeds of anti-dumping cases to be paid back into the US companies responsible for bringing the...

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