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1、越南与欧盟贸易谈判“充满希望”阅读　　VietnamesecouldbuyItalianmachineryandAustrianscouldwearmoreathleticshoesfromVietnam.　　ThatisbecauseVietnamismovingclosertoreachingatradedealwiththeEuropeanUnion.　　NegotiationsendedDecember2.ForVietnam,theagreementwoulddiversifyitstradewithnationsotherthanChinaand

2、the　ForEurope,itwouldincreasetradeinAsiawhenattentionhascenteredonthehuge,-supportedTransPacificPartnership(TPP).　　EUofficialshavepraisedtheVietnamdeal.Theysayitremoves99percentoftariffs.ThedealwouldbetheEU’sfirstwithadevelopingcountry.Italsocouldserveasamodelforfuturefreetradeagre

3、ements.　　SimonvanderBurgistheDutchConsulGeneralinHoChiMinhCity.HetoldtheEuropeanChamberofCommercethatthedeal,“SetsthereferenceforothersinSoutheastAsia.　　TheproposedagreementrequirescommunistVietnamtoreformstate-runcompaniesandstrengthenenvironmentalprotection.Italsolinkscommercewit

4、hdevelopmentaid.　　EUtradenegotiatorJanaHercegsaidVietnamwouldreceivesupporttoincreasetechnologythatpreservestheenvironment.Supportalsowouldbeaimedattheenergy,healthcareandtourismindustries.　　Shesaid,“ThemoneyorthefundswhichwearegivingtoVietnamarebroaderthanjustthecapacitybuildingre

5、latedtothefreetradeagreement.”　　EconomistDennisMcCornacatLoyolaUniversityinMarylandquestionsiftheagreementisgoodforVietnam.HesaystheEuropeanagreementislesscenteredonbusinesscomparedwiththe12-nationTPPtradedeal.HecriticizedtheTPPaswrittenbycorporatesupporters.　　Butbothagreementsaree

6、xpectedtoincreasethecostofmedicineindevelopingcountries.Thisisbecauseofstrongerrulesforpatentsthatwillpreventcopying.Itwillextendmarketrightstomakersofsomemedicines.　　“Itreallyisthecasethatit’sgoingtohurtthepoorpeople,thosewhocan’taffordthedrugs,”McCornacsaid.　　TheEuropeanUnionhast

7、riedtoreachasingletradeagreementwiththe10-memberAssociationofSoutheastAsianNations.Butthoseeffortsfailed.　　TheEUthenchangedisstrategy,andisnegotiatingdealswithindividualgovernments.Singaporewasthefirsttoreachanagreement,followedbyVietnam.JanaHercegsaidiftheVietnamdealisfinalized,it

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