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Article: Enlarging the European Union: Stuart McMillan discusses the likely impact of projected accessions to the European Union and foresees significant challenges for New Zealand.(European Union's projected expansion and impact on New Zealand' export market)
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- New Zealand International Review
- Article date:
- May 1, 2003
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On 1 May 2004, the European Union is expected to admit ten more countries as members. Three years after that it is expected to admit two more and possibly another one shortly afterwards. For New Zealand this means that there will be a major change in the membership of the economic and political grouping which, among other things, forms New Zealand's second largest export market. The enlargement, which was finally negotiated in Copenhagen on 12 and 13 December last year, has been years in the planning but as it progresses towards fulfilment coincides with the war in Iraq and divisions in views among Europeans towards that war.
Three important questions present ...