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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8707

15 May 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/china
Commission to withdraw its ultimatum on Chinese coke exports and to continue discussions with Peking

Brussels, 14/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The threat by the European Commission to take China before the WTO next week due to restrictions (quotas, licences) which the Chinese authorities apply to coke exports to the EU, appears to have given way to a more conciliatory and flexible approach. On Tuesday, trade Commissioner, Pascal Lamy's spokesperson, announced that the Commission had set an ultimatum for Friday 14 March if restrictions that were incompatible with WTO rules were still in place...

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