quarta-feira, fevereiro 04, 2004
Comércio Livre
No EU Observer.
Officials in Brussels are currently considering a Spanish plan to create a high-level transatlantic trade body.
In a letter seen by the EUobserver, the Spanish premier, Jose Maria Aznar, has asked Commission President Romano Prodi to comment on plans to create a "high-level bilateral economic committee" to drive a transatlantic economic zone by the end of 2014.
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The Spanish proposal would see the committee create an action plan to remove obstacles in the transatlantic market within 12 months.
The plan would be a take-it-or-leave-it package, according to one official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Mr Aznar's letter also proposes a timetable be drawn up for the elimination of certain obstacles in the telecoms, digital economy, air transport, financial service and regulation of competition areas by 2010.
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It is hoped that a plan to eliminate technical non-tariff barriers would rework and revitalise the Positive Economic Agenda agreed in Washington in 2002, but which has so far yielded modest results.
Qualquer proposta que vise a eliminação de barreiras ao comércio é sempre bem vinda.
É pena que, a crer na notícia, esta proposta tenha o caractér de ultimato e que o seu âmbito sejam apenas as barreiras técnicas (normalmente uma forma subtil de proteccionismo) entre os EUA e a UE.
posted by Miguel Noronha 11:12 da manhã
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