The 43 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), whose trade ministers met for the first time in eight years in Brussels on Monday 19 March, delivered fresh impetus to the economic integration of the Euro-Mediterranean region, agreeing, in particular, a set of modernised rules of origin for the region with the aim of finalising the text of the revision of the Pan-Euromed Convention on Rules of Origin by the end of 2018.
“A major breakthrough is our agreement on the substantial...