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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8486

20 June 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/usa/wto
WTO sends ultimatum to Washington for abrogation of Byrd amendment

Brussels, 19/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - The World Trade Organisation has decided that the USA has until 27 December to scrap their law on compensation for continued dumping and maintenance of subsidies, which is more widely known as the Byrd Amendment. This is in conclusion of a procedure launched by the Union and 9 other countries. It was declared illegal last summer by the multilateral arbiter and six months later by the appeals commission (SEE EUROPE 17 September 2002 and 17 January 2003)....

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