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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8171

15 March 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/united states/wto
Parliament adopts more hard-line position on "protectionist" decision taken by USA on steel

Strasbourg, 14/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday in Strasbourg, the European Parliament adopted a common resolution passed by all the political groups (EPP, PES, ELDR, EUL/NGL and UEN) criticising the, "protectionist decision taken by the United States, in flagrant violation of WTO rules" to raise additional customs duties by up to 30% on steel imports. It points out that additional customs duties will also damage other steel producers in the world outside the EU, "with the exception of...

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