VOL. XL No. 1621-April-1997

JORDAN

Jordan Signs EU Accord

Jordan and the European Union (EU) signed a partnership accord on 16 April onthe sidelines of the Malta Euromed conference held last week. Under theagreement - to be implemented on 1 January 1999 - a list of 492 industrialgoods originating in the EU will have import tariffs lifted once the accordcomes into effect, while another list of goods produced in Jordan will be givenfive years to adjust to EU competition. A "negative" list...