Sentence examples for defence instrument from inspiring English sources

An improved special safeguard is required as a defence instrument, to protect farmers with respect to sudden price changes or short-term volume fluctuations.

Three possible ways of interpreting advance directives have been identified: either as a safeguard or as a defence instrument or as a means of making the experience of dying somewhat less dreadful [ 10].

The EU can respond by imposing anti-dumping duties as a trade defence instrument.

Anti-dumping legislation is a trade defence instrument that the EU can use against unfair trade practices.

But it is not just on MES and trade defence instruments that the government has undermined the ability of the EU to help the steel industry.

We find ourselves discussing a problem that should have never arisen and it would not have arisen had we modernised trade defence instruments when we had the chance".

"To avoid imminent, irreparable damage to the EU steel industry, policymakers need to take immediate action, using the full set of available trade defence instruments, including speeding up the imposition of measures," said Eurofer.

"We call on the Dutch EU presidency, as well as the UK, to take responsibility now and lift the obstruction blocking the creation of more effective trade defence instruments".

Europe's steel industry also called on the UK to stop blocking measures mooted by members of the European council that would allow European countries to upgrade the "trade defence instruments" available to them.

"We need action now and would have at least expected a clear statement of intent from the meeting that they will speed up reform of trade defence instruments or introduce other measures so that European steel producers are better protected from dumping.

Sajid Javid, the Business Secretary, attended an emergency EU meeting of policymakers in Brussels yesterday to address the issue, which ended with a promise by officials to modernise trade defence instruments in an attempt to limit China dumping steel in EU markets.