Brussels, 20/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - The day after a negative signal from Washington (see EURROPE of 20 July, p. 7), the Union declared its intention, on Friday, to ask for arbitration within the World Trade Organisation in the dispute it has with the United States over countervailing duties imposed on former European public steel companies and a manufacturer of food pasta. Following the vain attempt at an amicable settlement and several postponements of deadlines, the European Commission...