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Article: Switzerland-EU Bilateral Talks in Stalemate
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- February 5, 2002
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Switzerland and the European Union (EU) have hit a stumbling block
over how to proceed with negotiations on a second set of bilateral
agreements, Swiss Radio International (SRI) reported on Tuesday.
Following a meeting between senior officials from the Swiss
government and the EU on Monday, both sides said it was up to the
other to ensure that progress can be made.
The meeting came less than a week after the Swiss government gave
the green light for negotiations on ten key issues to proceed.
The two sides are not only at odds over the timing of the
negotiations, which include customs fraud, the taxation of
savings,liberalizing services and cooperation on asylum and security.
The SRI ...