Brussels, 23/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - Commissioner Peter Mandelson, on a visit to the Middle East (EUROPE 8950) announced on Friday that Israel and Jordan had decided to upgrade their bilateral trade agreement authorising the “cumulation of origin” for exports to the EU. This Israeli-Jordanian agreement (which is expected to be ratified very soon), will allow preferential trade agreements that already exist in the EU/Jordan and EU/Israel Association Agreements to be completed with the...