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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8780

8 September 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/asia
EU and ASEAN want to get non-tariff issues out of way before starting on free trade agreement

Brussels, 07/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - In Jakarta, Pascal Lamy and the ASEAN trade ministers have agreed to re-launch the "Trans-Regional EU-ASEAN Trade and Investment Initiative" (TREATI), and have identified four areas for priority action. The EU and the 10 countries of ASEAN have decided to open negotiations on the standardisation of sanitary and phyto-sanitary rules for agro-food products and fishing, and standards on electronics and forestry, but have not set a date for negotiations to...

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