Brussels/Geneva, 05/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Union has blocked the first request for arbitration that the United States delivered in Geneva at the beginning of the week against the safeguard measure imposed in March 2002 in order to stop any potential diversion of steel deliveries subject to US surcharges (see Europe of 30 august 2002, p.4). But it is simply put off for another time. When Washington renews its request of the settlement panel, probably on 1 October 2002, the...