Brussels, 25/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is surprised by and finds "unfair" the fact that the World Bank can "return a verdict" on the "Everything but Arms" initiative before it has even "taken off". It is in fact "clear that the commercial statistics for 2001 that (the institutions) is using cannot possibly reflect the full scope of benefits derived from EBA by the poorest countries", emphasises a Commission spokesperson. In an evaluation report on the opening up of...