Brussels, 22/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - France and Ireland have asked the General Affairs Council to debate the EU's draft position on Monday on the agricultural chapter of the WTO negotiating round (that the Commission presented last month). These countries, which dispute certain aspects of the text, made this request at the meeting, on Tuesday, of the experts of the Fifteen responsible for trade issues (133 Committee).
France considers that some of its concerns were not taken into account:...