Lisbon, 23/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - The EuroMed ministerial conference on trade, which was held in Lisbon on 21 October, confirmed the target of the creation of a free trade zone of 700 million consumers from across the region by 2010. 35 trade ministers and European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson took part. Libya attended as an observer.
Despite the doubts, expressed particularly by the European Parliament, about the chances of meeting this commitment, the 35 countries confirmed their...