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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8030

22 August 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 22
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) wto/audiovisual
Bern defends its proposal faced with FERA criticisms - Film directors create working party on cultural diversity

Bern / Brussels, 21/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Swiss Secretariat for the Economy has written to the Federation of European Film Directors reacting strongly to its press release, that claims that "Switzerland's anti-European stance continues to do harm during pre-negotiations within the WTO" on the audiovisual sector (see EUROPE of 23 July, p.116, for FERA's criticisms and the very positive reaction by Brazil to the Swiss communication of 4 May on audiovisual services). "Apart from the...

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