EU PRIVATISATION CASE
August 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE UNITED States will have to review countervailing measures it has imposed on privatised British and Spanish steel-makers after a World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel ruled they were partly imposed in breach of WTO rules. The panel however rejected claims that the US had erred in a sunset review of measures imposed against France's Usinor regarding certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products, which should be allowed to stand. Washington has been arguing that the European Union (EU) producers were unfairly benefiting from past ...
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