»»Russia’s Accession WTO Possible This Year - Mandelson Says
A final deal on Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organisation is possible this year and the European Union hopes to wrap up outstanding issues quickly, Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said on Tuesday.
Mandelson said some problems remained to be cleared up but none were serious enough to keep Russia, the largest non-member, out of the trade club.
Russia has been negotiating to join the 150-member WTO for 14 years. After reaching a bilateral WTO accord with the United States last November the talks have entered their final, multilateral stage […]
But a Russian ban on imports of meat from EU-member Poland has cast a shadow over broader EU-Russia relations.
“It’s the kind of trade dispute we could do without,” said the commissioner.
Brussels also wants to revisit aspects of its own bilateral WTO accord with Russia reached in 2004.
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