The World Trade Organisation on Tuesday (31 August) gave the green light to the EU and seven other countries to impose sanctions on the US for its anti-dumping law.
Under the Byrd amendment, named after its sponsor Senator Robert Byrd, the US fines companies which dump goods and then gives the money to the companies who complained about the dumping.
EU Trade Commission Pascal Lamy welcomed the decision.
"It is clear that the Byrd Amendment is a WTO-incompatible response to d...
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