Brussels, 17/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - In an interview with Reuters on Monday 15 December, French Secretary of State for Overseas Trade Anne Marie Idrac said the EU was unlikely to be able to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) with the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar) before the end of the year, as it had hoped. “An EU-GCC FTA has been in the preparation for 17 years. I hoped for a moment that we...