The EU’s Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy is to travel to Istanbul and Ankara this week to discuss bilateral trade issues, including Turkey’s ban on imports of beef.

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The visit will be coupled with the Fourth Euro-Med trade ministerial conference, which Lamy will co-chair in Istanbul on 21 July.


The Commission said a large part of Lamy’s visit will be devoted to seeking a satisfactory resolution of long-lasting bilateral trade problems, such as the Turkish ban on imports of beef.


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