US to fight EU sanction request

The US will fight European Union plans to impose sanctions on it for failing to scrap illegal trade rules. At issue is the Byrd Amendment, under which US companies get part of the fines levied against rivals who sell products at artificially low prices.

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http://ec.europa.eu/comm/trade/issues/respectrules/dispute/pr150104_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/comm/trade/issues/respectrules/dispute/pr150104_en.htm

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