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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8074

20 October 2001
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto
EU outlines criteria for giving "green light" to launch of new trade round

Brussels, 19/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - Less than three weeks from the Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the EU has set out its criteria for giving a "green light" to the launch of a new trade round, namely respect for basic social standards and environmental protection, including the use of the precautionary principle, along with development, transparency and good government. These are all areas to which Belgium and the European Union attach great importance and want...

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