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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8440

10 April 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/development/agriculture
Commission welcomes Chirac's initiative in favour of African countries that could become EU's stance at G8

Brussels, 09/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - After Monday's Agriculture Council, Commissioner Franz Fischler welcomed on behalf of the European Commission the initiative taken by French President Jacques Chirac aimed, above all, at suspending export subsidies to sub-Saharan African countries for the duration of WTO negotiations. "The Commission considers it would be a good thing to transform this initiative into a Community position" so that the contribution may be presented and discussed at the...

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