VOL. XXXI

NO. 42

25-JULY-1988

GCC-EC

GCC-EC Talks to Resume in September

Negotiators from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the EuropeanCommunity (EC) have decided to hold more discussions in September, following atwo-day meeting in mid-July for exploratory discussion of the second-stagecooperation pact which is to follow from the first stage accord signed on 15June (MEES, 20 June). The second-stage accord, which envisages a furtherliberalization of trade between the two groups leading to a...