Brussels, 09/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - Meeting in L'Aquila (Italy) on 8 July, the leaders of the 8 most industrialised countries (G8 - Germany, Canada, United States, France, Italy, Japan, UK and Russia) reiterated in a joint statement their commitment to “keep markets open and free and to reject protectionism of any kind”. “In difficult times, we must avoid past mistakes of protectionist policies, especially given the strong decline in world trade following the economic crisis....