Spain is blocking more than EUR 800 million of European Investment Bank loans to South Africa…

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Series Details 11/11/99, Volume 5, Number 41
Publication Date 11/11/1999
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Date: 11/11/1999

...because of a long-running dispute over Pretoria's use of the terms 'port' and 'sherry'. The EU and South Africa signed a trade agreement last month after four years of negotiations, but the wine and spirits part of the pact was held up because of objections from southern European states.

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