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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10386

26 May 2011
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
“Less naive” EU trade policy being applied step by step

EU-Mercosur: project without a future. Negotiations for the EU-Mercosur association agreement for creating a vast free-trade zone are blocked. Is this a disaster or bad news? Not at all, on the contrary, it is a sign that both frankness and wisdom have finally arrived. For years, this column has asserted that as this project currently stands it is untenable, but the rhetoric and lack of political courage continued to create this make-believe. A few home truths have also become quite...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS