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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8033

25 August 2001
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/united states/wto
Setting up of a panel of experts to judge the EU's complaint against "Byrd" amendment to American anti-dumping law

Brussels, 24/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - The World Trade Organisation (WTO) decided on Thursday to set up a panel of experts following a complaint lodged by the European Union as well as eight other countries (Australia, Brazil, Chile, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Japan and Thailand) to protest against the refunding, by American customs, of anti-dumping taxes to private companies (see EUROPE of 23 December 2000, p.5). The EU's aim is to "send a very clear signal to the United States as to...

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