After three years of talks, the EU and South Africa have clinched a ground-breaking EUR 20-billion free trade deal.

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Series Details 04/02/99, Volume 5, Number 05
Publication Date 04/02/1999
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Date: 04/02/1999

Development Commissioner João de Deus Pinheiro and South African Trade Minister Alec Irwin reached a compromise on the last sticking point - how to market port and sherry - in the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos last weekend. However, the agreement still has to be approved by EU governments and Pretoria.

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