Tuesday, April 17, 2007

France raps EU executive over ex-colony trade deals

(Reuters) - France, the European Union's agricultural powerhouse, accused the EU executive on Monday of disturbing the balance of Europe's sugar and banana markets by proposing free-trade deals with its former colonies.

In a note read out to EU farm ministers, France said the European Commission's offer to open EU markets to all products from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, with no duties or quotas, would also undermine recent policy reform.


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