Brussels, 15/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - As expected, on Tuesday the European Commission formally requested the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to authorise sanctions on the USA for failing to respect the verdict establishing the illegality of the Byrd Amendment. Legislation allowed for surcharges imposed on foreign competitors by US producers involved in anti-dumping or anti-subsidy procedures is still in place a year after it was condemned by the appeals body at the WTO and twenty days after...