Brussels, 31/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - The easing of tension in regard to the issue of agriculture as observed on the first day of the informal WTO mini-ministerial in Montreal (EUROPE yesterday p 3), was reconfirmed on Wednesday. At the end of the meeting, the Canadian Minister for Trade, Pierre Pettigrew, announced that the USA and the European Union had agreed to develop a common position on access to agricultural markets, the main stumbling block in the negotiations. The US and EU are...