Japan and the U.S. have separately submitted documents to the World Trade Organization spelling out concern about draft European Commission rules on hazardous chemicals, Japanese trade sources said Monday.
Japan has forwarded to the European Commission a document saying the draft regulations could be inconsistent with WTO agreements for ensuring free global commerce, the sources said.
The document says they could result in restricting Japanese exports to European Union countries, thus limiting the flow of international commerce, they said.
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