Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 33

16-August-2004

TRADE AND COMMERCE

EU And Israel Resolve Trade Dispute

The EU and Israel have reached agreement in a long-running trade dispute over Israeli goods produced in the Palestinian territories and exported to the EU under a preferential trade agreement. The EU had argued that such goods were not entitled to preferential treatment under the trade agreement, but had difficulty in implementing its decision due to Israels refusal to mark the exact...