VOL. XXXVI

NO. 30

26-APRIL-1993

GCC

GCC Reiterates Opposition To Energy Tax

In two days of talks in Brussels on 16-17 April between representatives ofthe Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the European Community (EC), GCCofficials have stressed their opposition to an energy/ carbon tax on the groundsthat it would contradict plans for a free trade zone between the two tradingblocks. According to the head of the GCC negotiating team, Mr. Ma'mun al-Kurdi,"the tax does not conform to the spirit of...