EU hits back at China's accusation over hazardous products
21 Aug '07
2 min read
But Mr Mandelson urged China not to use any retaliation measures.
"If some in China want to create the pretext for retaliatory action, the EU will contest this in the strongest terms", said the commissioner.
"Action should be taken where this is needed but otherwise the bulk of our trade should continue as normal", he added.
In general, Chinese products - which amount to over a quarter of all goods imported to the EU - are a number one concern for the bloc on account of safety issues.
In 2006, more than 900 products were identified as too dangerous to be sold in the 27-nation market, with China being the country of origin in almost half of all those cases.
In 2005, 80 percent of all notifications regarding hazardous toys involved Chinese-made items.
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