European Union exporters face persistent trade restrictive measures from major trade partners, despite a gradual improvement of the global economy, the EU executive said in a report released on Friday.The European Commission, responsible for trade policy in the 27-nation bloc, said in its annual trade report that almost 280 restrictive trade measures had been put in place by its major G20 trading partners in the past 18 months.The protectionist measures range from classical trade barriers such as import bans or tariff increases to "buy national" and other "behind-the-border policies", the EU's executive said."There is a risk that trade restrictive measures introduced by our partners during the crisis will become part of the trade regime even when the economy picks up speed," EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said in a statement.The Commission said EU exporters faced most restrictions in Argentina and Russia, where a customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan was hurting the bloc's steel, automotive and agri-food industries.(Reporting by Bate Felix, editing by Timothy Heritage)News posted by www.newsinfoline.com
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