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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8333

4 November 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/gcc
EU expects Ryad to join WTO before relaunching negotiations with the Gulf

Brussels, 04/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - From Muscat, in the Emirate of Oman, a European official said the Union would not relaunch trade liberalisation negotiations with the Gulf countries - which have been at a standstill for months - until Saudi Arabia joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Questioned by Reuters on the fringe of a regional economic conference, a European Commission senior official, André Sapir, said the Union expected a bit more than a customs union between the members...

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