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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8196

20 April 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto
Commission denies rumours over secret document calling for dismantling of public monopolies in developing countries

Brussels, 19/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has flatly denied the existence of a "secret" strategic document aimed at securing from EU trading partners, including developing countries like India, China, Egypt and Mexico, that they dismantle their public monopolies in a series of sectors as essential as water supply and the management of energy resources, in the framework of multinational negotiations on the services chapter of the Doha Agenda. The "allegations" put forward...

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