EU-UKRAINE STEEL DEAL
July 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers yesterday (Tuesday) approved a steel trade deal that the European Commission negotiated earlier this year with the Ukraine. The agreement will run until December 2006, or whenever the Ukraine joins the World Trade Organisation if that comes earlier, mirroring a deal recently struck with Russia. Until that date, the agreement would open a range of EU import quotas for Ukraine steel products, including flat-rolled coils and other flat-rolled products, wire rod, steel beams, and heavy plate. The deal ...
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