EU goes back to WTO over US anti-dumping method

BRUSSELS, Sep 22 (Reuters) The European Union on Friday again turned to the World Trade Organisation in a long-running row with the United States over the way Washington calculates the size of anti-dumping duties.

''The European Union has today requested WTO consultations with the United States regarding the continued use of 'zeroing' in its dumping calculations,'' the EU's executive Commission said in a statement.

The use of the zeroing calculation methodology by the United States was first condemned by the WTO in 2004, and again in May 2006 at the request of the European Union, the statement said.

''However, these previous rulings left open a number of issues which are now covered by the new request for consultations,'' it said.

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