P. M. BRIEFING : EC Hits U.S. on Steel Import Quotas
The European Community today criticized the United States for moving to renew steel import quotas and asked Washington to clarify President Bush’s plans for a 2 1/2-year extension.
The community’s 12 member states are among 29 nations covered by agreements restricting steel exports to the United States that are due to expire Sept. 30.
“After an uninterrupted seven-year period of protection, the Commission thinks that renewing the agreements in the steel sector is not indispensable,” the EC’s executive Commission said in a statement.
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