We cannot accept unfair trade practices further eroding Europe’s industrial base, and European workers losing their jobs, because state subsidies allow countries to dump their products on our markets.
The trade unions welcome the new method for assessing whether dumping caused by state subsidies is taking place. Indeed, the new method
• does not grant market economy status to China, and
• allows non-respect of labour and environmental rules to be considered in anti-dumping cases.
“Fair trade is at the core of our demands” said Luis Colunga, Deputy General Secretary of industriAll Europe. “We cannot accept unfair trade practices further eroding Europe’s industrial base, and European workers losing their jobs, because state subsidies allow countries to dump their products on our markets.”
“This is clear progress” said Liina Carr, Confederal Secretary of the ETUC. “It is the first time in history that non-respect of labour rights can be legally challenged in trade defence. We can finally fight against social and environmental dumping in some countries destroying quality jobs in the EU.”
The ETUC and industriAll Europe thank the European Parliament, and all who contributed to the agreement, and calls on all MEPs to give the green light to this long-awaited reform.
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Guido Nelissen, Guido.Nelissen@industriall-europe.eu, T+32 2 226 00 77
Daniele Basso, dbasso@etuc.org, T +32 2 224 04 16