From BBC News:
The EU has announced US imports are to face duties of $200m (£120.3m) from March 2004. The European Commission decided to impose the duties in retaliation against US tax breaks which provides tax relief to US exports and have been condemned by the World Trade Organisation.
Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said: "The Commission hopes to pass a very clear message to the United States that their continued failure to implement three years after the expiry of the original WTO deadline is unacceptable."
During a visit to Washington on Tuesday, Mr Lamy had urged the US Congress to repeal the measure, known as the Foreign Sales Corporation, to avoid the sanctions being imposed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3243423.stm