US claims negotiator snubbed in Brussels

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Series Details 22.1.08
Publication Date 22/01/2008
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Fresh tensions emerged in EU-US transatlantic relations, January 2008, with US officials suggesting that Washington’s top trade negotiator had been snubbed in Brussels. Susan Schwab, the US trade representative, met Peter Mandelson, her EU counterpart, but expressed disappointment that Stavros Dimas, the Environment Commissioner, was not free to discuss a dispute on genetically modified crops.

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European Commission: DG Trade: Press Release, 21.1.08: EU and US discuss bilateral trade, Doha trade talks http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/bilateral/countries/usa/pr210108_en.htm

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