Brussels, 31/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - Before leaving Brazil, where he had been on an official visit since the beginning of the week, the European Commissioner responsible for trade, Pascal Lamy, deemed it desirable, necessary even, that a free-trade agreement between the Union and Mercosur take effect before 2005. Whereas the group announced a "substantial" offer for 28 February, saying that it now had a "clear picture" of the very serious challenges both sides needed addressing, as well as...