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BARRIERS.
COMMUNITY'S GSP
CENT
IN PARTICULAR OF ASEAN TOTAL
THE ASEAN MINISTERS ACKNOWLEDGED THE ROLE OF THE IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE EXPANSION OF THEIR EXPORTS, IN MANUFACTURED GOODS WHICH CONSTITUTE 50 PER EXPORTS TO THE EC. THE EC MINISTERS AGREED TO EXAMINE THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPROVING THE EC'S GSP SCHEME FURTHER.
ASEAN MINISTERS REITERATED THAT ASEAN ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE MAINTENANCE AND EXPANSION OF MARKET OPPORTUNITIES IN THE EEC FOR TROPICAL TIMBER.
INVESTMENT AND INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION
RAPIDLY THE MINISTERS NOTED THAT ASEAN REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT, EXPANDING REGION OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO THE EUROPEAN INVESTORS. THE MINISTERS NOTED THAT FINANCIAL ORGANISATIONS IN SOME MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE IN THE FINANCING OF INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN THE REGION. THEY EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THIS COOPERATION CAN BE PURSUED IN THE FUTURE AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASED EUROPEAN INVESTMENTS IN THE ASEAN COUNTRIES THE MINISTERS NOTED THE CONSTRUCTIVE WORK BEING UNDERTAKEN TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE AND WELCOMED THE VALUABLE
HOWE
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MAIN
244
.FRAME EXTERNAL
SEAD
ECD (E)
ADDITIONAL
6
DISTRIBUTION
250
MR GILLMORE
MR MCLAREN
FRAME
MR HATFULL ECD (E) MR WELLS SEAD
MR ROBINSHAW DTI OT2 VIC ST
MR ME WESTON CAB OFFICE MR P WESTON CAB OFFICE
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