The European Commission wants to give the EU's trade protection rules a sensitive face-lift just two months after it burdened China and Vietnam with extra tariffs for dumping shoes on the EU market.
The EU's "trade defence instruments" - aimed at protecting European industry from unfair competition - need an update as the global economy has changed since the set of rules was last looked at in 1996, EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson said on Wednesday (6 December).
He explained ...
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