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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8659

5 March 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/sugar
Less developed countries request ten year delay before liberalisation of European sugar markets

Brussels, 04/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - During their meeting with European Commissioners Pascal Lamy and Franz Fischler in Brussels on 3 March, trade ministers from the Sudan, Mozambique, Nepal and Bangladesh requested a 10 year delay in the implementation of the EBA initiative and more chances for benefiting from access to the European Union sugar market.

In a press conference before the meeting the Sudanese trade minister announced, "We are not against liberalisation of the sugar market,...

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