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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8583

13 November 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/mercosur
Timetable to end negotiations in October 2004

Brussels, 12/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - The EU and Mercosur, who met at Ministerial level on Wednesday, have set a timetable for negotiations of an association and free-trade agreement: these should end in October 2004, with a mid-term review at the EU/Latin America Summit in Mexico in May 2004 (yesterday's EUROPE, p.7). Pascal Lamy has acknowledged that concessions will be needed, especially in agriculture, but has warned that he will not be paying for them twice (WTO and WTO+), at the WTO...

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