EU close to Swiss trade pact

10 December 1998

EU close to Swiss trade pact

THE European Union (EU) is poised to conclude a free trade pact with Switzerland after more than four years of talks.

It is thought that the EU has won new concessions on agricultural tariffs worth about Ecu67 million (£47m) a year.

• Financial Times 10/12/98 page 8 (News Digest)