Brussels, 16/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Union and the six countries of the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar) met for virtually all of last week to try once again to conclude the final chapters of their negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA).
There will be room for satisfaction this time. Trade Commission Peter Mandelson welcomed the “constructive and positive atmosphere of this weeks's negotiations”....