Brussels, 14/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - The EU and Mercosur are to start their first real discussions on tariff dismantling in Brussels next week, in the framework of the 9th negotiation session of an association and free trade agreement to take place in Brussels. At the beginning of the month, both sides put forward their offers for lifting customs duties. The EU had already presented an offering covering 91% of trade in July 2001, Mercosur's offer went from 37% of tariffs to 83.5%. However,...