WTO rebuke spurs EU rethink on duties

The European Union has been rebuked by the World Trade Organisation for the way it imposes extra duties on imports it deems unfairly priced, with potential implications for a wide range of products ranging from shoes to glazed tiles.

In a notable victory for China, a WTO panel found in an interim report issued in August 2010 that the EU’s practice of imposing a single national blanket duty on imports covered by so-called 'anti-dumping' measures breaks global trade rules.

EUObserver, 11.8.10: China set for landmark anti-dumping victory over EU http://euobserver.com/9/30612

WTO: Trade Topics: Anti-dumping http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/adp_e/adp_e.htm

WTO: European Communities — Definitive Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Iron or Steel Fasteners from China Dispute DS397 http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/cases_e/ds397_e.htm

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