It'sbeingsuggestedChineseandEuropeancommerceauthoritiesareactivelylookingfor"anappropriatemechanism"tosolvetheirtradedisputesinthesteelsector.
TheChineseMinistryofCommercesaystheissueisoneofanumberoftopicswhichwereaddressedattheChina-EUsummitheldthispastweek.
Chinesesteelproducersarefacinga2ndanti-dumpingprobethisyearinEuropeamidcomplaintsbyEuropeanproducerswhoclaimChineseproducershavebeenfloodingthemarketwithcheapsteelproductstolowerinventories.
Chineseofficialshaverefutedthis,sayingweakglobaldemandisthemainculprit.
AEuropeancourtthrewoutasimilarcomplaintfiledbyEuropeansteelproducersearlierthisyear,sayingtherewasn'tenoughevidencetobackupthedumpingallegations.
Since2014,atotalof8anti-dumpingcaseshavebeenlaunchedbytheEuropeanUnionintoChinesesteelexports.
(CRI ONLINE)