Brussels, 27/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - The EU gave itself the means to implement a series of projects aiming to promote cooperation and trade relations with industrialised countries, in particular with the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan. The regulation adopted on Monday by the General Affairs Council removes the major failings in European legislation in terms of external relations, underlined Commissioner Chris Patten. For lack of an appropriate legal...