Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 43

25-October-2004

TRADE AND COMMERCE

EU Initials Association Agreement With Syria, With WMD/Anti-Terror Conditions

The European Commission and the Syrian Government on 19 October initialed an EU-Syria Association Agreement, following eight years of negotiations. The accord will now be submitted to the decision-making bodies on both sides (in the case of the EU, to the Council of Europe) and will later be ratified by parliaments. On the political side, the...