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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8268

2 August 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/usa/wto
WTO declares compensation measures hitting former public European steel plants illegal

Brussels/Geneva, 01/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - The trade defence policy of the USA on steel imports received another blow in Geneva with the adoption on Wednesday of two panel reports concluding that the US law on the imposition of countervailing duties (CVD) on privatised foreign steel companies and the threshold for imposing such duties are incompatible with WTO rules. EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy commented that, " I welcome the decision by the WTO confirming the inconsistency of the...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Attorney General John Ashcroft to take stock of negotiations on extradition at informal JHA Council
(EU) EU/IRAQ:
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/CONGO/RWANDA: EU welcomes Pretoria AGREEMENT
(EU) EU/LIBERIA: Worries about human rights
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Mr Solana condemns the bombing at Jerusalem University
(EU) EU/BALKANS: EU welcomes council elections in Serbia
(EU) EU/CYPRUS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ korea: EU wants summit between North and South Korea before December - inauguration of nuclear reactor at Kumho - new humanitarian aid
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB keeps interest rates unchanged
(EU) EU/EURO: ECB believes Euro will do well in resisting counterfeiters
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Commission's accounting system again criticised in a note from Court of Auditors
(EU) EU/ANIMAL HEALTH: Commission takes veterinary measures with a view to World Equestrian Games in Spain
(EU) CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/BUDGET/JUSTICE: Convention on protection of Community financial interests to enter into force on 17 October - Italy ratifies
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Danish Presidency supports tighter electronic surveillance against criminals
(EU) EU/USA/WTO: WTO declares compensation measures hitting former public European steel plants illegal
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: EUR 5.9 million for regional cooperation in the Reunion
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/WTO: Towards formal condemnation of Byrd amendment
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission proposes definitive anti-dumping duty on television sets from some South East Asian countries
(EU) EU/TRADE:
(EU) EU/TEXTILES:
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT:
(EU) EU/SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Arabia suspends poultry imports and non-alcoholic drinks from EU
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: While awaiting Community strategy, United Kingdom seeks to encourage organic farming
(EU) EU/FISHING: COPA/COGECA request aid for aquaculture sector
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Laying down new international measures in Community law for protecting stocks of highly migratory fish
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Annual Forum 2002 of European Foundation of Dublin, in which Anna Diamantopoulou will participate, to be devoted to challenges for the European social model
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Road hauliers welcome proposal to harmonise excise on commercial diesel fuel, while calling for it to apply to all commercial vehicles
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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