Press Release: EU welcomes EU-ASEAN Vision Group report on closer trade links

The EU on 16 May 2006 welcomed the final report of the EU-ASEAN Vision Group. The Group had been established in 2005 to study ways of strengthening and deepening the trade relations between the EU and ASEAN. The Group had been set up by EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson and his ASEAN colleagues in an attempt to bring fresh thinking to the economic relations between the EU and ASEAN. The report was an important part of Commissioner Mandelson's wider strategy to renew EU trade policy towards Asia.

European Commission: DG Trade: Trade Issues: Asia http://ec.europa.eu/comm/trade/issues/bilateral/regions/asem/index_en.htm

EU: EEAS: Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) http://eeas.europa.eu/asean/index_en.htm

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