Brussels, 16/11/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 14 November, the Council of the EU gave its green light to the opening of negotiations for the reciprocal liberalisation of agricultural trade between the EU and the countries of the Mediterranean basin. The decision removes the taboo of excluding agriculture from the planned broad area of free trade in the region, which is planned to come into force by 2010. It is not entirely unrelated to negotiations at the WTO on agricultural dossier, and is also...