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Demerits of the EU trade agreements
19-Dec-2007     AllAfrica.com
The EU used a variety of unsavoury negotiating tactics to get its interim agreements with East African countries to the signing stage.
Le président de Sao Tomé rejette les APE
19-Dec-2007     African Manager
"Pour l'instant, je dois dire qu'après analyse au niveau de la sous-région, nous avons trouvé que les conditions n'étaient pas réunies pour la signature des APE", a affirmé le chef de l'Etat saotoméen, appuyant les positions des présidents sénégalais, Abdoulaye Wade, et sud-africain, Thabo Mbeki, qui rejettent les termes proposés par l'UE.
Africa united against EU arrogance
19-Dec-2007     AllAfrica.com
The recent summit between African heads of states and the EU has shown that Europe has failed to move beyond their colonial-era past-times of economic and political bullying.
Comesa censures EAC over trade deal with EU
19-Dec-2007     AllAfrica.com
East Africa's signing of an interim trade pact with Europe has come under heavy criticism for dividing Africa as well as undermining the continent's integration efforts. Interview with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Secretary-General Erastus Mwencha.
US working on new Pacific trade accord, people say
19-Dec-2007     Bloomberg
The Bush administration is preparing to negotiate an agreement linking the US, Chile, Singapore, Brunei and New Zealand in a Pacific-region accord to reduce barriers to trade and foreign investment, according to lobbyists briefed by the US trade office.
Ghana: Farmers divided over EPA
19-Dec-2007     Myjoyonline
A sharp contrast exists in the views expressed by pineapple and poultry farmers on the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement, also known as EPA-lite, signed between the Government of Ghana and the European Union on December 13.
Israel signs free-trade accord with South American bloc
18-Dec-2007     Haaretz
Mercosur, the South American trade bloc (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), signed a free-trade agreement with Israel on Tuesday, its first pact with a country outside of Latin America.
West Africa bloc aims for EU trade deal by June '09
18-Dec-2007     Reuters
West African countries agreed on Monday on an 18-month timetable to negotiate and sign a regional economic partnership agreement with Europe by June 2009, top officials said.
West Africa: Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire would be hardest hit under EPAs
18-Dec-2007     AllAfrica.com
Nigeria, now predominantly an oil economy, would escape the imminent danger that would befall the largely agro-based products of Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire.
EU wants to reopen free trade negotiations with Mercosur
18-Dec-2007     Xinhua
The European Union is ready to resume free trade talks with the South American Common Market (Mercosur). The two blocs began negotiations in November 1999 with the aim of concluding an agreement by 2005, but progress has been slow due to disagreements over import restrictions on agricultural goods.