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Brussels to investigate US contracts in Iraq

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Saturday April 12, 2003 14:51author by corruption gone global

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Brussels to investigate US contracts in Iraq
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By Tobias Buck in Brussels Apr 10 2003 19:19

The European Commission is examining contracts awarded by the US for reconstruction work in Iraq to find out whether they breach World Trade Organisation rules and discriminate unfairly against European companies.

The move could throw up a new irritant at a time when relations between Washington and Brussels are already severely strained by the highly critical stance adopted by many European Union members towards the war in Iraq.

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