DISCORD AMONGST MEMBER STATES HAS STYMIED MANDELSON ANTIDUMPING REFORMS
January 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
TOUGH lobbying by European Union (EU) member states wanting to staunch import flows into Europe of cheap clothing, textiles and shoes has prevented the European Commission from reforming EU antidumping rules.
With the outsourcing of manufacturing by EU-owned companies to low wage economies in Asia generating increasing amounts of corporate wealth, Brussels' trade directorate general has been pushing for more liberal policies over trade protection.
EU trade Commission Peter Mandelson has wanted the complex formula for approving antidumping duties ...
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