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May 14, 2008
Trade
on the agenda at Lima EU-Latin America- Caribbean Summit
EU
Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson will take part in the May 15-16 Lima Summit
in Peru between the EU and the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. As
well as leading discussions on the EU's trade relations with the huge
Latin-America/Caribbean region he will hold bilateral meetings with a wide range
of bilateral partners in the region. Amongst others, he will meet
representatives of the Andean and Central American regions, with whom the EU is
currently negotiating Free Trade Agreements.
Last week Mandelson told journalists that he hoped that the Summit would be an
opportunity for the representatives of the 1 billion people of the EU and the
Latin America/Caribbean region to send a clear signal on the need to complete
the Doha Round of WTO world trade talks in 2008. He said: "Around the table next
week in Lima will be some of the countries who can make a key contribution to
making that happen".
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Heads of State and Government from the EU Member States, Latin America and the
Caribbean will gather in Lima, Peru, on May the 16th for the EU-LAC Summit. The
European Commission will be represented by the President of the Commission, José
Manuel Durão Barroso. Commissioners for External Relations and Neighborhood
Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, for Trade, Peter Mandelson, and for Development
and Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel, will also participate.
EU-Latin America/Caribbean trade in facts and figures
(FR, DE, PT, ES)
Mandelson's comments to journalists on Lima Summit (6 May):
http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/bilateral/regions/lac/pr060508_en.htm
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