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The Trade Commissioner (l) and his US counterpart Robert Zoellick are expected to hold talks in Brussels next week (Photo: European Commission)

EU-US trade war deepens

The EU’s trade chief Pascal Lamy has said that it is premature to expect the EU to lift multi-million euro sanctions on the US, despite Washington repealing illegal export subsidies.

Last week, Washington passed a series of tax reviews which also lifted subsidies, ruled illegal by the World Trade Organisation, however the EU has hinted it is not yet ready to budge.

Mr Lamy on Wednesday (13 October) linked the lifting of sanctions to the ongoing and increasingly divisive dispute ...

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The Trade Commissioner (l) and his US counterpart Robert Zoellick are expected to hold talks in Brussels next week (Photo: European Commission)

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