VOL. XXXIII

NO. 23

12-MARCH-1990

GCC

GCC Officials Not Optimistic about EC Trade Pact

According to the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Mr.Abdullah Bisharah, the European Community is unlikely to lift its protectivebarriers against Gulf petrochemicals. Speaking at a banking conference inBahrain last week, Mr. Bisharah said that the "Conference on IndustrialCooperation and Investment" held in Granada, Spain, in February had shownthat the "European business climate for...