EU to give €2bn a year in aid-for-trade

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Series Details 17.10.06
Publication Date 17/10/2006
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The Council of the European Union agreed 16 October 2006 that the EU should move ahead with pledges made in 2005 to make available EUR 2 billion annually by 2010 for 'aid for trade', in response to recommendations issued in a report by the World Trade Organisation, October 2006. The Council agreed that delivering this aid should not be linked to progress in negotiations
under the WTO's Doha Development Agenda.
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Council of the European Union: Press Release: PRES/06/289: EU agrees to move ahead with "aid for trade" package http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/misc/91310.pdf
WTO: News, 10.10.06: Lamy: Round failure would hurt developing countries more than others http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news06_e/tnc_chair_report_10oct06_e.htm
European Commission: DG Trade: Press Release, 16.10.06: EU to set out new commitments on Aid for Trade http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/bilateral/regions/acp/pr161006_en.htm
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