04/11/2008 (Agence Europe) - On 20 November in Brussels, the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) is organising a conference on trade relations between the EU and Russia, in which the vice director general of DG Trade at the European Commission, Peter Balas, former WTO director general, Roderick Abbott and Professor Lauge Poulsen from the London School of Economics will participate. For further information: (www.ecipe.org). (E.H./trans/rh)