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Thu 02 Feb 2009Commissioner defends globalisation

Industry commissioner Günter Verheugen meets the Tánaiste today in Dublin, writes JAMIE SMYTHin Brussels

IRELAND MADE mistakes in its economic policy but it would be wrong to write off the Anglo-Saxon model or globalisation, says EU industry commissioner Günter Verheugen.