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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9280

6 October 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade policy
Oxfam criticises return of “Singapore issues” in Mandelson's new strategy

Brussels, 05/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - The emphasis placed on “new growth sectors” that barely fall within the scope of the WTO, or not at all - services, investment, public procurement and competition rules - in the Commission's new trade strategy is not to the taste of Oxfam, which sees in Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson's policy “a serious threat to poor countries' development”. Oxfam is unhappy that, in Mr Mandelson's strategy, the “Singapore issues” - investment, public...

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