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- WORLD, Page 53World NotesTRADEThe 12 Become 19
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- After two years of tortuous negotiations and a marathon,
- 16-hour final session, the 12 members of the European Community
- last week agreed with the seven-nation European Free Trade
- Association to form the world's largest trade bloc by 1993. The
- new European Economic Area will extend from the Arctic to the
- Mediterranean, embrace 380 million consumers, and account for
- 43% of world trade.
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- The treaty text of more than 1,000 pages includes such
- details as how many trucks can transit Austria and how many cod
- can be taken off Norway. In general, it requires EFTA to adopt
- most E.C. commercial practices, paving the way for a near
- doubling in the Community's size by the year 2000. EFTA
- countries can still maintain their own farm policies. Disputes,
- and there surely will be some, will be adjudicated by an
- independent joint court.
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