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EU Trade Commissioner De Gucht travels to New Zealand

EU Trade Commissioner De Gucht travels to New Zealand on regional tour,
18-19 March

EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht will make a key visit to Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea between 13 and 21 March 2011. In Australia and New Zealand the Commissioner will discuss issues of common concern such as trade rules on raw materials, and in New Zealand Commissioner De Gucht will represent the European Union at the national memorial service in Christchurch following the recent earthquake.


"Australia and New Zealand will stand side by side with the EU during the coming weeks and months when we go into further talks on the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). We all are strongly committed to find a multilateral agreement in 2011." said Commissioner De Gucht before taking off for Kuala Lumpur. "Let me also express my condolences and sympathy at the sad loss of life and damage the recent earthquake has caused in Christchurch. The European Union has activated its Civil Protection Mechanism to give rapid and effective assistance where most needed."

In Australia and New Zealand the Commissioner is due to address bilateral trade relations and how to intensify business to business relationships. Together with the EU both countries are strongly committed to concluding the Doha Development Agenda in 2011. In bilateral talks with his counterparts, the Australian trade minister, Dr Craig Emerson, and the trade minister of New Zealand, Mr Tim Groser, Commissioner De Gucht is expected to raise the issue of raw materials supply which has become a common concern in today's international trade environment.

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