Malmstrom: Commission Conducting Impact Assessment On China MES

European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom twice this week made clear that the commission plans to conduct an impact assessment on granting China market economy status (MES) in antidumping cases that will weigh not only the legal and economic implications, but any potential geo-political fallout as well. In a Jan. 28 speech in Brussels to business representatives from the European Chamber Of Commerce In China (ECCC), and in a Jan. 27 letter to members of the European Parliament, Malmstrom left...