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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8632

28 January 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 41
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto
New arbitration over serious dispute with USA on Byrd amendment - postponing decision authorising sanctions

Brussels, 27/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Monday the World Trade Organisation (WTO) decided to launch arbitration procedures requested by the USA to determine the extent of the reprisals by the Union and seven other countries to sanction the damages of several million USD suffered as a result of the Byrd Amendment. The decision on authorising sanctions or not was postponed till the publication of the expert's verdict, who will be appointed in the next few days by the Director General...

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