BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission (news - web sites) is sticking with its plan to lift sanctions on $4 billion worth of U.S. goods on Jan. 1 following Washington's repeal of illegal export tax subsidies in October, a spokeswoman said on Thursday. "There is not a new policy ... our goal is to lift the sanctions on January 1 in recognition of the fact that the United States has made a step forward by amending its legislation," Claude Veron-Reville said. She was denying a report in the Financial Times that the 25-member European Union (news - web sites) was...