IRAN – EU
November 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has been authorised to open negotiations with Iran on forging a trade agreement, a deal that would inevitably focus on the country's vast mineral resources; Brussels thinks that trade with Iran has enormous potential and has an interest in its government abiding by World Trade Organisation rules.
THE EUROPEAN Commission has been authorised to open negotiations with Iran on forging a trade agreement, a deal that would inevitably focus on the country's vast mineral resources; Brussels thinks that trade with Iran has enormous potential and has an interest in its government abiding by World Trade Organisation rules.
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