In favour of effective reciprocity. Less naïve - this is how European Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht has from the beginning described the new phase of the trade policy that Europe has drawn up and will gradually apply, without waiting for the Euro-American free trade area that will require at least two years of negotiation (see EUROPE 10788). The essential objective that is pursued is that of effective reciprocity on the part of third countries. The balance of commitments must in...