US and EU still oppose the Algerian adhesion to the WTO
The United States of America and the EU remain the major opponents for the adhesion of Algeria to the World Trade Organization as they presented no less than 96 questions in the latest round of negotiations, high profile sources from the trade ministry have revealed.
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The US showed stronger reluctance towards the Algerian side with 63 questions while the EU limited to 33 but the Algerian authorities answered and sent them on due, the same sources have added.
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The 10th round of negotiations between the two parties focussed on prices policy including the double price of the natural gas and imposition of domestic taxes like the VAT.
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Among the issues that Algeria had to answer that one related to the protection of classified records dealing with pharmaceutical products and the adhesion to the multiparty agreement surrounding civil aviation business.
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Sources from the trade ministry have indicated that the pending questions date back to 2008 and put back on the agenda during the latest negotiations held between Algeria and the US as well, as the EU last year and the beginning of the current one. The outcome of the negotiations didn’t live up to the Algerian expectations, it said.
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Experts with knowledge to the matter do not expect positive developments in the future negotiations between the different the parties especially from the European side owing to the protectionist policy decided by the Algerian authorities over the last two years in the wake of the global economic crisis.
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