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Found 9 articles.
- Vol 50 No 12
- 12/06/2009
Banana skin
A row is growing between the African-Caribbean-Pacific countries and the European Union. On 29 May, ACP trade ministers accused the EU of sacrificing development to commerce. They asked for 500 million euros (US$698 mn.) in compensation for the EU’s propo...
- Vol 50 No 3
- 06/02/2009
Ghana's chance
Ghana's Ambassador in Brussels, Nana Berna Kumi, is leading in an increasingly hard fought battle there for the post of Secretary General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of countries. It's an important time for the ACP, which has been locked ...
- Vol 48 No 21
- 19/10/2007
Trading places
There is no agreement on revising Europe’s trade deal with Africa, so an agreement may be imposed
- Vol 46 No 14
- 08/07/2005
No sugar daddy
As European politicians hugged rock stars and European citizens glowed with good will for Africa, African sugar producers were glum. On 22 June, the European Commission proposed slashing by 39 per cent over three years its subsidised domestic sugar pri...
- Vol 46 No 11
- 27/05/2005
WMD
The European Union has managed to persuade the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states to open negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), due to bring in free trade by 2008 in harmonisation with the World Trade Organisation. However, E...
- Vol 45 No 14
- 09/07/2004
No preference
As global rules are renegotiated, Africa may get left behind again
- Vol 45 No 3
- 04/02/2004
Replaying the aid game
Transforming Europe means changing its post-colonial trade relations too
- Vol 43 No 24
- 06/12/2002
Bad governance
Mired for years in war, human rights abuses and shady electoral practices, the regime of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso has received a boost from Brussels.
- Vol 40 No 25
- 17/12/1999
Brussels dawn
It was dawn in Brussels on 9 December when ministers from the European Union and the African, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) nations wearily ended their negotiations. They had failed to agree on a text to replace the latest Lomé Convention, which expi...
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