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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11851

31 August 2017
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Oceana
Commission still hoping to open negotiations for free trade agreements with Wellington and Canberra this year
Brussels, 30/08/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 30 August, the European External Action Service managing director for Asia Pacific, Gunnar Wiegand, said it was still possible to start negotiations for free trade agreements between the EU and New Zealand, and between the EU and Australia, in 2017.

"There is a shared interest to start (the negotiations) as soon as possible", he told the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee (AFET), adding that the European Commission was in the process of finishing its draft decision...

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