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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8269

3 August 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
Pascal Lamy welcomes Senate's approval of "Fast Track"

Brussels / Washington, 02/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - Pascal Lamy, European Trade Commissioner, warmly welcomed the "go ahead" from the US Senate to the clean negotiating authority that George W. Bush and his Administration have sought to obtain for the past eighteen months since taking over office. Better known by the name of "fast track", the Trade Promotion Authority allows the Executive to negotiate trade agreements without fear of having its efforts crushed by Congress, as was the case...

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