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3/23/06

Protectionism row threatens EU meet

Times of Oman:

"Protectionism row threatens EU meet

BRUSSELS — Tensions over resurgent protectionism in Europe threatened to sour the mood yesterday as EU leaders opened a summit aimed at re-dynamising reforms in the continent’s long-lagging economy.

Plans to forge a joint energy strategy for the 25-nation European Union, caught in the crossfire of Russia’s gas price war with Ukraine at the start of the year, are also high on the agenda of the annual two-day EU economic summit.

After a string of summits last year, clouded by rows over everything from spending plans to Turkey, the EU has hoped above all to present a united front at the spring gathering.
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