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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9842

18 February 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/algeria
EU backs WTO accession - Progress in bilateral cooperation, but energy discussions slow

Brussels, 17/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Union, far from blocking Algeria's accession to the WTO, is, in fact, supporting it, European Commission Ambassadress to Algeria Laura Baeza told press in Algiers on Monday 16 February. Algeria's talks on joining the WTO, which began in 1987, are faltering on two key issues: opening up its energy services to international competition and the two-rate domestic and international energy market tariff system. Baeza said, too, that the 2002...

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