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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10139

13 May 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Seven countries say resumption of Mercosur trade relations is “highly negative signal” for European agriculture

Brussels, 12/05/2010 (Agence Europe) - On 4 May, the European Commission announced that trade negotiations with the Mercosur countries, which had been on hold since 2004, were to resume. Although the decision falls within the Commission's area of responsibility, seven countries - Austria, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland and Poland - have expressed their regret in a note ahead of the Agriculture Council on Monday 17 May that the decision was taken “without prior political debate...

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