VIETNAM DEAL

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has approved a hybrid trade deal negotiated between the European Commission and Vietnam, which while focusing on textile sales, also includes a pledge by both parties not to apply non-tariff barriers to mutual imports and exports of wines and spirits. The agreement will last until 2005.



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