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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8538

10 September 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/cotton
EU officially backs African cotton producers

Brussels, 09/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, ahead of the opening of the Cancun Summit where the issue of cotton has been added to the agenda of the World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting to the delight of some and the embarrassment of others, the European Union officially stated: "The EU sympathises with concerns about the low cotton prices, and their impact on developing countries".

Commissioners Pascal Lamy and Franz Fischler are heading the team of European Union...

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