Dismay in Washington over new anti-dumping duty on biodiesel

摘要

United States trade officials and industry representatives have, unsurprisingly, not taken kindly to the European Commission's 12 March decision to impose antidumping duties on US biodiesel exports to Europe. "We regret the decision […] we do not believe that US biodiesel imports have harmed the European biodiesel industry," spokeswoman Nefeterius McPherson from the office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) told Europolitics Environment. She stressed how "the global biofuels industry plays a critical role in contributing to the reduction of worldwide greenhouse gases," and claimed the EU move "undercuts our efforts to combat global climate change".