VOL. XL

No. 27

7-July-1997

JORDAN

Jordan-EU Accord In The Balance

On 26 June Spain blocked the signing of a full partnership agreement between Jordan andthe European Union (EU), protesting against the size of Jordan's quota to export tomatopaste into the EU market. Under the terms of the draft final agreement which it is hopedwill be implemented on 1 January 1999 and was prefigured in a preliminary agreement signedlast April (MEES, 21 April) Jordan's tomato paste quota was increased by 1,000...