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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7718

17 May 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 46
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/united states
The European Commissioner for Agriculture disputes announced American restrictions on EU wheat gluten

Brussels, 16/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - European Commissioner Franz Fischler declared himself "dismayed" by the announcement of an impending tightening of American quotas on the import of European wheat gluten, quotas that are already at the heart of a transatlantic dispute within the World Trade Organisation (WTO). To alter the system will not settle the problem of a lack of competitiveness of the American wheat gluten industry faced with the much more efficient corn starch industry,...

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