Brussels, 31/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - The EU Council has recently approved by qualified majority voting (with the abstention of Austria) the so-called "double-profit" agreements, which entered into force retrospectively on 1 July for the continuation of the liberalisation process of agricultural trade with Lithuania and Latvia. Negotiated with the European Commission last spring, these agreements substantially improve concessions that already exist and will include new ones for grain, beef...