> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:47:18 EDT >Subject: [STOPNATO.ORG.UK] Belarus-US heading for Steel Dispute... > > > >Lukashenko Blasts U.S Report on Belarus Steel Sales > >ZHLOBIN, Belarus, Sep 17, 2000 -- (Reuters) Belarussian President Alexander >Lukashenko on Friday attacked U.S. allegations that his country was selling >steel abroad below fair value. > >The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) sent a report to the Commerce >Department last month accusing Belarus and other countries of dumping. > >"I want to warn Americans - we will not allow them to rub our noses like >kittens," Lukashenko, a frequent critic of the West, said during a trip to >the country's main steel mill. > >He told reporters that Belarus, a former Soviet country west of Russia, would >retaliate if the U.S. Commerce Department decided to levy anti-dumping duties. > >The Commerce Department is investigating Belarus and is due to announce its >findings in December. > >"Then we will make a decision on their property in our country. Even if our >losses total half a million dollars. We will see whose muscles are stronger," >said Lukashenko, addressing a crowd of several hundred steelworkers. > >The ITC report found that Belarus, China, South Korea, Indonesia and Latvia >were selling steel used to reinforce concrete at below what it determined to >be a fair price. > >Lukashenko, a former collective farm manager, has been criticized in the West >for slowing up market reform in economically battered Belarus, where monthly >salaries are about USD 50 a month. > >(C)2000 Copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or >redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited >without the prior written consent of Reuters Limited. > > >______________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
