A new anti-dumping methodology that the Council of EU member states approved on 4 December is likely to support European aluminium prices from 2018. The new methodology will identify and redress cases where state intervention has artificially lowered the price of imported products, including aluminium. It will, in particular, focus on unfair trade practices that include price distortion, particularly on EU imports from China. “We are strengthening our anti-dumping toolkit to provide a fair trade environment for EU producers,” Estonian trade minister Urve Palo said in a council statement.
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