US TARIFFS
April 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLSHOE and fashion accessory imports from the United States are to be a focus of retaliatory tariffs imposed by the European Union because of the erection of controversial 'safeguard' duties by Washington to protect the American steel industry.The European Commission has announced that it is asking EU ministers to approve a selected range of products, where the levying of duty will cause the most pain to US exporters, in a bid to force the Bush administration to drop its steel tariffs.Duties of 30 per cent would be imposed on a range of shoes and ...
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