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By John S. McClenahen Even as reports circulate that the 15-nation European Union (EU) is delaying retaliation against U.S. tariffs on steel imports imposed in March, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has established a formal panel to rule on the tariffs' legality. The U.S. imposed duties as high as 30% under WTO "safeguard" rules designed to provide temporary relief from import surges. The EU claims the U.S. tariffs don't qualify under the rules, and, says EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy, "similar requests by other countries for [dispute-resolution] panels will shortly be accepted as the rest of the world joins to press the U.S. to remove their safeguard." In addition to the EU, Japan, South Korea, China, Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand and Brazil have requested "consultations" with the U.S. WTO Sets Panel On U.S. Steel Tariffs Hide comments
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ODLUKA SAD-a iz ožujka 2002. godine o uvođenju carina na uvoz čelika kršenje je pravila svjetske trgovine, presudila je u petak Svjetska trgovinska organizacija (WTO). Odluka WTO-a naišla je na veliko oduševljenje Europske komisija koja je, u ime EU i sedam ostalih zemalja (Japan, Južna Koreja, Kina, Švicarska, Norveška, Novi Zeland i Brazil), pregovarala unutar te svjetske organizacije o spornoj američkoj odluci. Skupina neovisnih stručnjaka WTO-a je zaključila da "Washington nije uspio dati valjane razloge" za povećanje carina na uvoz čelika iz spomenutih zemalja. Očekuje se da će se SAD žaliti na tu odluku.