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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8000

6 July 2001
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/mercosur
EU presents Mercosur with offer for liberalisation of 90% of agriculture and 100% of industry over ten years

Brussels, 05/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Union has presented to the four Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay) an offer for trade liberalisation in ten years covering 90% of agricultural trade and 100% of the manufactured goods trade, as well as a proposal concerning most services except audiovisual services. Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy stressed in Brussels that the EU still awaits an offer from Mercosur for the 5th negotiating round which opened on Thursday...

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