A European Commission analysis released this week projects that granting market economy status (MES) to China in antidumping (AD) cases without mitigating measures could directly cost as much as 188,300 jobs in affected European Union industries due to lower dumping duties, exacerbated unfair pricing and an overall increase in Chinese imports. The "information note," which was published by the commission on Feb. 2 and circulated earlier to members of the European Parliament and EU member state trade ministers, cites an...