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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9039

1 October 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/trade/united states
Parliament considers bilateral agreement on wine will weaken EU's position at WTO

Strasbourg, 30/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament considers that the bilateral agreement between the EU and the United States on trade in wine will “substantially weaken” the EU's position in WTO agriculture negotiations on trade liberalisation (for the agreement, see EUROPE 9028). The EP calls on the European Commission to speed up the next phase of negotiations to ensure protection of European names of origin for wine, in a joint resolution by all groups except IND/DEM,...

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