EU’S RUSSIAN VAN ANTIDUMPING CASE HAS GEOPOLITICAL ROOTS, SAY EXPERTS
June 6th, 2014
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) launch of a disputes proceeding at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over Russian anti-dumping duties on German and Italian van exports might seem like diplomatic overkill. But experts say there are good geo-political reasons behind the case brought by the EU executive, the European Commission.The duties were imposed on exports light commercial vehicles of up to 3.5 tonnes last May (2013), by the Eurasian Economic Commission, the executive of the new Russian-dominated Eurasian Economic Union, which also includes Belarus and ...
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