USA EU COOPERATION
May 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLDETAILED negotiations on promoting the mutual recognition (of qualification) agreements, which could cover the legal profession, should be launched following an European Union (EU)-United States summit in Washington next month, the European Commission has advised. In a detailed policy paper, preparing for the June 20 meeting in Washington, the Commission said negotiations should focus on sectors where an "economic interest or need" for such agreements "has been substantiated". It said the summit should appoint "direct competent negotiators on both ...
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