Press Release: EU and Afghanistan sign deal on WTO accession

The European Union and Afghanistan signed a deal on the 10 February 2014 concluding their bilateral negotiations on Afghanistan’s accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva. Accession to the WTO is expected to make a lasting contribution to the process of stabilisation, economic reform and sustainable development in Afghanistan.

• Primary Source

EEAS: Afghanistan http://www.eeas.europa.eu/afghanistan/index_en.htm

WTO: Accession: Afghanistan http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/acc_e/a1_afghanistan_e.htm

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