Luxembourg, 17/09/2001 (Agence Europe) - According to provisional estimates published last Friday by Eurostat, the balance of current EU operations with third countries recorded a deficit of EUR 7.8 billion during the second half of 2001, compared to a deficit of EUR 8.0 billion in the second half of 2000 and a deficit of EUR 17.9 billion during the first half of 2001. During the second quarter of this year, the balance for the trade in services outside the EU notched up a surplus of EUR 7.0...