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Free trade agreement talks must be accelerated, says Hungarian FM
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The new European Commission will be expected to speed up talks on free trade agreements, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said during a break in the meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels on Thursday.
Hungary’s interest lies in keeping the world economy as open as possible and having fewer duties and other obstacles, restrictions and sanctions in force, he said.
“The fewer of them are in force, the better for us,” he added.
Another expectation of the new EC in Brussels is that it should not mix economic and trade issues with political matters, Szijjártó said.
“Free trade agreements must not be used as means to teach lessons because that has always resulted in failure,” he added.
The EC should restart stalled free trade talks without delay with the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, he said. It is nonsensical that some agreements have not been signed for some ten years, he added.