VOL. XXXI

NO. 3

26-OCTOBER-1987

GCC-EC

EC Foreign Ministers Postpone Decision on Free Trade Pact with GCC

At their meeting last week in Luxembourg, the European Community (EC)Foreign Ministers have postponed a decision on the recent proposal of the ECExecutive Commission to offer the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), whichcomprises Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar, a free tradezone pact some time in the distant future (MEES, 12 October). The proposal, itwill be recalled,...