Brussels, 18/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - The 8th EU-Mercosur meeting to negotiate an Association and Free Trade Agreement, that was held in Brasilia last week, provided the expected results, declared the spokesperson for External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten on Friday. The largely technical meeting focussed on standards, technical regulations and authorisation procedures, along with competition, rules of origin, intellectual property, customs procedures and the dispute regulation...