The European Commission and the U.S. have settled a long-standing dispute concerning a practice called 'zeroing' that the U.S. uses to calculate duty rates for products that are dumped on the market at below-market prices. Zeroing is a calculation method that led to higher duties for EU exporters, despite the method being found inconsistent by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in a series of dispute settlement cases. "This understanding solves this long-standing dispute," says EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht. "It will bring immediate relief to EU exporters who will no longer have to pay excessive anti-dumping duties ... We have now re-established a level playing field for our companies.
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机译：欧盟委员会和美国已经解决了一个长期的争端，该争端涉及一种称为“调零”的做法，美国用来计算以低于市场价格的价格倾销到市场上的产品的关税税率。尽管世界贸易组织（WTO）在一系列争端解决案例中发现调零是一种计算方法，但是归零是导致欧盟出口商承担更高关税的一种计算方法。欧盟贸易专员卡雷尔·德古赫特（Karel De Gucht）说：“这种理解解决了这一长期的争端。 “这将为欧盟出口商带来立即的救济，他们不再需要支付过多的反倾销税……我们现在已经为我们的公司重新建立了一个公平的竞争环境。
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