Brussels, 30/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Council has approved without debate the Commission's proposal to not apply immediate sanctions on the United States over steel (see Europe of 27 September, p.13). Pascal Lamy told reporters that the Council had agreed to freeze sanctions. They are a useful tool, the proof of which was the fact the EU had won a considerable number of exemptions and there are more to come, he said, which is preferable to retaliation that could not have provided...