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The new anti-dumping rules will apply to the Chinese steel sector in particular (Photo: herr_S)

EU Parliament approves new anti-dumping methodology

The European Parliament approved on Wednesday (15 November) new anti-dumping and anti-subsidy legislation, whose main aim is to fight China's trade dumping.

MEPs adopted the rules with 554 votes for, 48 against and 80 abstentions. Trade dumping is essentially the practice by which countries flood an export market with products at or below cost price.

The new regulation is now expected to be rubber-stamped by the EU Council, representing member states, for publication before the en...

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

The new anti-dumping rules will apply to the Chinese steel sector in particular (Photo: herr_S)

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

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