In order to support its growth and employment strategy, the Commission adopted a communication on 4 October entitled “A Competitive Europe in a Globalised World” which, on the basis of the external aspects of Union competitiveness, lays the foundations for the new Community trade policy (see EUROPE 9278). While reaffirming the Union's attachment to multilateralism, the Commission strategy promotes the conclusion of new generation free trade agreements, and targets the elimination of...