Luxembourg, 15/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Court of First Instance has rejected the appeal by European companies that fell victim to US trade reprisals against European products in 1999. The Court ruled that there was nothing unusual or abnormal about the damage suffered by the companies because it did not outstrip the normal economic risks inherent in their business. Between 1999 and 2001, the United States imposed a special customs surcharge on various EU products, reacting...