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Subject: Re: De facto � uma vergonha para a Noruega

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� por est�s e por outras que eu n�o sou europe�sta

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Date Posted: 8/01/07 18:46:51
In reply to: Europe�sta 's message, "De facto � uma vergonha para a Noruega" on 7/01/07 1:22:49

>EU Counters Helms-Burton Act
>From Reuter. 28 October, 1996
>LUXEMBOURG (Reuter) - EU Foreign Ministers agreed on
>Monday to make it illegal for Europeans to obey
>Washington's anti-Cuban Helms-Burton Act.
>Day-long negotiations persuaded Denmark that
>tit-for-tat counter-measures to the U.S. legislation
>would not compromise its sovereignty.
>Trade Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan said the decision
>was "an historic breakthrough which shows we have the
>will and capacity to defend our interests."
>The Helms-Burton Act was passed earlier this year to a
>chorus of indignation from some of America's closest
>friends and largest trade partners.
>Among other things, it allows naturalised Americans to
>sue in U.S. courts foreign companies or individuals
>deemed to have gained from investments in property
>confiscated in Cuba since Fidel Castro's communist
>revolution of 1959.
>The EU law will prohibit European individuals or
>companies from complying with the act -- which has
>been suspended by U.S. President Bill Clinton until
>January -- and allow them to reclaim damages in EU
>courts.
>EU diplomats believe Clinton -- ahead in all polls to
>retain the U.S. presidency -- passed the act only
>because of Congressional pressure in an election year
>and is likely to further suspend it further in the new
>year.
>Brittan said he hoped that now "the EU has levelled
>the playing field," he would be able to negotiate an
>equitable solution to the trade row.

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