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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8262

25 July 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/mercosur
"Ministerial" meeting defines work programme by end 2003 for negotiators of free trade agreement

Brussels, 24/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - During Tuesday's meeting in Rio de Janeiro between the Mercosur Ministers (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay) and Commissioners Pascal Lamy and Chris Patten, the European Union and Mercosur reached agreement on a timetable for making negotiations move forward on the association and free trade agreement. Negotiators are to meet in Brasilia in November, in Brussels in March 2003, then in Asunción in May 2003. A further meeting "at ministerial...

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