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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9687

21 June 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
EU cannot continue to negotiate “totally unbalanced” WTO agreement, Sarkozy says

Brussels, 20/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, speaking in Brussels on Friday 20 June on the sidelines of the European Council, said that WTO agreements on trade liberalisation, as they stand today, have to be rejected. This is an issue that had huge bearing in the referendum campaign in Ireland which saw the majority vote against the Lisbon Treaty.

Pointing out that the WTO negotiations had clearly been an issue during the campaign in Ireland, Sarkozy said that...

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