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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8797

1 October 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/mercosur
EU's new offer better in some ways but worse in others, to reflect Mercosur's "lack of ambition" - Scepticism on keeping to 31 October deadline

Brussels, 30/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - As announced, on Wednesday evening the EU sent the four Mercosur countries (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) its new improved offer with a view to concluding negotiations on the free-trade agreement. In official Commission language, this new offer "matches the approach and the level of ambition" shown by Mercosur in its own offer last week- which the Commission judged largely unsatisfactory and disappointing, as it does not correspond to...

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