EU Launches Formal Investigation Into Subsidies for U.S. Bioethanol Imports

摘要

The European Commission launched an investigation Nov. 25 into bioethanol imports from the United States following complaints from European producers that their U.S. competitors benefit from illegal subsidies, including tax breaks. Commission spokesman John Clancy said an anti-subsidy and anti-dumping inquiry would determine if the U.S. imports of bioethanol are having an illegal adverse impact on EU-based producers. He added that provisional conclusions are due by August 2012 (34 INER1097, 11/23/11).