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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8399

13 February 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto/agriculture
Cool Commission reception for Harbinson's draft compromise

Brussels / Geneva, 12/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission reserved a somewhat cool reception for the first draft compromise put forward in Geneva on Wednesday on the highly sensitive chapter of the liberalisation of agricultural trade, submitted by Stuart Harbinson, Hong Kong Ambassador responsible for chairing negotiations. The draft - which will be made public the day after the mini ministerial of Tokyo (see above) - is said to be outside the remit on "important issues" dealt...

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