EU and Brazil share same position with regard to steel restrictions in US

28/02/2002 - 16h20

Brasília, 28 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - The European Union commissioner, Pascal Lamy, says that the Europeans agree with the Brazilian position with regard to the Bush decision on whether or not to apply restrictions on steel imports in the United States. President Bush is to announce a decision on March 6, which Lamy says could transform a problem restricted to the US into a world problem. Lamy stated that Brazil and the EU should not have to pay for deficiencies in the US steel industry. He concluded by saying that, depending on the Bush decision, the EU could take the matter to the World Trade Organization (WTO). (AB)