EU-African trade relations have made little progress in almost two decades since the Economic Partnership Agreements pushed by then EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson tried to open market access for EU and African exports...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The EU says it will continue to support the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)  planned to launch on 1 January  but that EU-Africa trade must be based around the unloved Economic Partnership Agreements  a legacy of Peter Mandelson's tenure as EU Trade Commissioner over a decade ago (AC Vol 61 No 3  Revenues and resources are the key)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     From his grandiose office next to the United States Embassy in London  Calil ran an unrivalled social network boasting a comprehensive cast of ministers including Lord Mandelson  bankers  businessmen  advertising tycoons and public relations gurus such as Lord Tim Bell...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Since 2007  the EU’s three successive trade commissioners  Peter Mandelson  Catherine Ashton and now Karel de Gucht  have made deals with as many non-African partners as they could...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Some countries  such as Ghana  were pressed into signing EPAs last year by Louis Michel  then EU Development Commissioner  and Peter Mandelson  then at Trade...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
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	     Rothschild entertained Seif at his Corfu villa this summer in the same party as UK Business Secretary Peter Mandelson...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has overseen the signing of 'goods only' agreements with Ghana  Côte d'Ivoire  Mauritius  Madagascar  Comoros  Seychelles  Zimbabwe  Botswana  Lesotho  Namibia  Swaziland  and Mozambique...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Europe's Trade Commissioner  Peter Mandelson  wants freer trade to come gradually  with Europe opening its markets faster than its African partners...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Sithanen flew to Brussels in July and met the EU's Development and Trade Commissioners  Louis Michel and Peter Mandelson  to lobby for more aid and explain his reforms to approving EU officials...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     No claim was made against three other Britons whose complicity has been alleged: Mark Thatcher  Jeffrey Archer and Peter Mandelson...