VOL. XXXIV

NO. 4

29-OCTOBER-1990

GCC-EC

EC Agrees to Review Mandate for Free Trade Accord

At their meeting last week in Luxembourg, the European Community (EC) ForeignMinisters have reportedly agreed to a request by the EC Executive Commission toreview the mandate adopted last December as the basis for negotiations on a freetrade accord with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). It appears that the EC isnow willing to amend the mandate so as to take into consideration some of thereservations raised...