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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7924

16 March 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/mercosur
4th round of negotiations for an association and free-trade agreement to begin on Monday in a climate of controversy over Mercosur's state of preparedness

Brussels, 15/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The four Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) this week put the finishing touches to three texts on competition, safeguard measures and technical standards that will be presented to the EU next week at the 4th round of negotiations over an association and trade liberalisation agreement, said Manuel Maria Caceres, the ambassador to Brussels of Paraguay, which holds Mercosur's present presidency. He did, however stipulate that the...

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