SWISS TO NEGOTIATE FREE TRADE DEAL FOR PROCESSED FOOD WITH EU
June 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission will stage negotiations with Switzerland to forge a trade liberalisation deal for processed food. The agreement would build on the existing free trade deal on food commodities between the European Union (EU) and Switzerland, which remains outside the EU. An Brussels communiqué said "the liberalisation of trade in processed agricultural products" would be secured "in view of the full liberalisation of bilateral trade in the agri-food sector". Meanwhile, EU ministers have approved extending the ...
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