Peter Mandelson's trade strategy, which after a few clarifications has acquired the status of the Commission's communication under the solemn title, “Global Europe competing in the world”, offers no surprises of policy and contains a number of unrealistic hypotheses and oversights. Agence EUROPE has done its duty at a level of information gathering and provided a broad summary of the documents before its approval and public release (EUROPE 9278), a report of Mr Mandelson's press...