Brussels, 07/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - Despite the failure of the last meeting of the WTO Agriculture Committee, Commissioner Franz Fischler repeated, on Thursday, that the "EU remains firmly committed to reaching agreement on the modalities by the target date agreed at Doha, i.e. 31 March 2003". After meeting Stuart Harbinson, who chaired negotiations in this sector, Mr Fischler felt it was of utmost importance to assess policies according to the distorting effect they have on trade. The...