US cargo rules could disrupt trade: EU Taxation Commissioner Laszlo Kovacs said the proposed US rules that would see all cargo containers going to the US scanned would add costs to European exporters without making real improvements to homeland security. The Homeland Security bill requires radiation screening within five years of 100% of US-bound maritime cargo before loading at foreign ports. But this will require a major restructuring for European ports, and place a financial burden on EU business and European taxpayers. Kovacs warned that if EU traders suffer in comparison with their US counterparts, it might pave the way for an EU complaint with the World Trade Organization that the US has violated the international rules of free and fair trade. See "EU says concerned that U.S. cargo scanning would disrupt trade," Associated Press at International Herald Tribune, 8/2/07.
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