Press Release: EU Trade Commissioner De Gucht travels to Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea to discuss bilateral and multilateral trade agenda

EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht will make a key visit to Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea between 13 and 21 March 2011. His first stop in Kuala Lumpur will focus on the progress made in the current negotiations of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Malaysia. In Australia and New Zealand the Commissioner will discuss issues of common concern such as trade rules on raw materials and in New Zealand Commissioner De Gucht will represent the European Union at the national memorial service in Christchurch following the recent earthquake. During his final stop in Papua New Guinea the Commissioner will support a new Economic Partnership Agreement with the region covering duty-free, quota-free access to EU market

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European Commission: Memo/11/151: Facts and figures: EU trade with Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/151&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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