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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8020

3 August 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Japan decides to "surtax" prices for import of European pork

Brussels, 02/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, Japan triggered an eight-moth "safeguard clause" on the import of European pork. This mechanism (secured during multilateral trade negotiations in the context of of the agricultural agreement of the Uruguay Round) enables a country, should the ceiling for imported products be exceeded (or a fall in prices), to set additional customs duties to limit the entry of the product onto its territory. European meat, including Danish pork, will...

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