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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9123

3 February 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/united states/trade
Commission welcomes repeal of Byrd Amendment but does not envisage withdrawing sanctions in force

Brussels, 02/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission welcomes the fact that the US Congress passed, on 1 February, the Deficit Reduction Act 2005, which, among other things, does away with the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act, better known as the Byrd Amendment. Under this law, the US government distributes anti-dumping revenue from customs duties to American companies that had called for the anti-dumping inquiry in question. Further to a complaint filed by the EU and...

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