This brings me to a potential disaster--the Bush Administration's steel import quota.

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Under the deal that has been struck, the EU will keep its ban on hormone-treated beef, but the import quota levels for non-hormone treated beef would be increased, giving greater access to the EU market for exporters in the US and Canada.

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So the lifting at the beginning of this year of textile-import quotas in Europe and America brought both an opportunity to exceed quota levels and a risk of loss of market share to a newly unfettered competitor.

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