Brussels, 12/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday the Bush Administration announced twenty three supplementary steel products that would be exempt from new excise duties on steel imposed by the US government in March. Pascal Lamy's new spokesperson, Arantza Gonzalez Laya indicated that the Commission warmly welcomed these new exemptions, for which it was now examining the scope and which, "was a step in the right direction". Ms Gonzalez, however, stressed that, "We do not think that these...