Brussels, 05/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - Despite tooth and nail negotiations, the EU Council of Industry Ministers were unable on Wednesday to strike agreement over the implementation of a temporary defence mechanism for European shipyards that are being seriously hit by South Korean dumping practices. Member States' positions remained poles apart - on the one side, the Scandinavian countries, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, which all bitterly oppose the granting of aid; and on the...