A major steel-trade row that has sharply pitted the United States against Japan, the European Union and nine other steel exporters is entering a new phase amid the global economic slowdown.
The World Trade Organization will hold its first hearing in early February over a controversial U.S. antidumping law, government sources said Thursday.
The sources said a WTO dispute-settlement panel will hold two days of hearings beginning Feb. 5.
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