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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8571

24 October 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto/steel
Europeans ready to start sanctions, Americans for more arbitration

Brussels/Washington, 23/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - If American surtaxes on steel imports are ruled illegal in appeal by the World Trade Organisation, as they doubtless will be on 9 or 10 November, the United States will be powerless to stop the Union from sanctioning "Made in America", from fruits down to textiles. In this case, they will be "re-balancing measures" to compensate for the losses occasioned by the block in operation since March 2001. But Washington, still undecided as to what to...

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