Strasbourg, 18/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a communication adopted on Tuesday 16 December and which is part of the extension to the Global Europe strategy launched at the end of 2006, the European Commission reaffirmed its commitment to maintain the opening up of the Community market and step up its efforts in further opening up external markets by fighting against non-tariff trade barriers and hidden obstacles. The Commission describes the main non-tariff barriers as - standards, customs...