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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9493

4 September 2007
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
Increase in tariffs imposed by Russia on exports of rough timber may delay its accession to WTO

Brussels, 03/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - The increase in customs duties imposed by Moscow on exports of Russian rough timber, which has been in place since 1 July, comes as a blow to the agreement signed in 2004 between the EU and Russia to facilitate its accession to the WTO. This is the view taken by the principal European purchasers of Russian rough timber, Finland and Sweden, who immediately expressed their discontent to the European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson. Russia's accession...

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