On the initiative of the Community, following a three-month ex tension of the negotiations,3an interim agreement providing better market access based on the most-favoured-nation (MFN) principle was concluded by all WTO members on 28 July to run for 18 months until 1 November 1997 4 -j^g United States joined in the agreement, but only for the national treatment part (their offer does not guarantee access to the US market on an MFN basis).
På initiativ af Det Europæiske Fællesskab og efter en måneds forlængelse af arbejdet ) kunne der den 28. juli ) indgås en midlertidig aftale for atten måneder (indtil den 1. november 1997) mellem alle WTO's medlemmer.