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G7: Communique of the 'G-7' Summit in Halifax

IRIS 1995-7:1/2

Ad van Loon

European Audiovisual Observatory

The Heads of State and Government of seven major industrialized nations and the President of the European Commission, have met in Halifax for their 21st annual Summit. They announced that they were committed to the successful completion of current negociations in services sectors and, in particular, significant liberalization in financial and telecommunications services. They will proceed with follow-up work foreseen in the Uruguay Round Final Act. They encourage work in areas such as technical standards, intellectual property; an immediate priority is the negotiation in the OECD of a high standard multilateral agreement on investment. They will begin discussions with their partners in the WTO.