Brussels, 27/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - The launching of the "Everything but arms initiative", next 5 March, will make the Union the first world economic power in the world to completely open its market to the poorest countries on the planet, welcomed the European Commission, this Tuesday.
Pascal Lamy, the head of common trade policy and the instigator of this unprecedented act, was obviously delighted to have been proven right, when he announced the agreement to the press (see yesterday's...