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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10382

20 May 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/vietnam
No discussions on free-trade agreement in short term

Brussels, 19/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - The possibility of negotiations being opened on a trade pact between the EU and Vietnam that was glimpsed last year has little chance of becoming a reality in the short term. Facing domestic political and economic problems, Hanoi is wary of committing itself for fear of weakening the country.

Negotiations on a bilateral free-trade agreement between the EU and Vietnam were ended virtually as soon as Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht and Vietnamese Prime...

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