Brussels, 05/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - At the opening of bilateral talks, on Thursday, the EU and Switzerland kicked off in four fields (fraud, statistics, environment, processed agricultural products), for which the Commission holds Council negotiating briefs. It is a question of closing certain issues ("early harvest") which are likely to move forward rapidly, but on condition, as the Swiss request, that the conclusion of these issues does not bring into question the balance of the final...