ISDS Case Map
EPAs
Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and ACP countries (under the Cotonou Agreement)
You are right that this should not be a poker game. Maybe it's time for reflection so you could realize who is actually playing poker with the livelihoods you are trying to help, writes Wallie Roux.
The dirtiest trick is the spurious insistence on a December deadline. On top of this, the commission's latest approach -- that individual countries should sign up to EPAs without their weaker neighbours -- reveals how shallow their commitment to ACP regional integration is.
On the eve of the deadline of the finalisation of the economic partnership agreement (EPA) negotiations, chaos reigns.
The European Union reacted sharply to Trade minister Mukhisa Kituyi's Tuesday revelation that Kenya will no longer pursue an interim trade pact with Europe but a comprehensive agreement ahead of the expiry of the one on December 31.
A two-stage agreement between EU and ACP countries risks being an ‘EPA tight' rather than an ‘EPA light'
Nigeria could also lose $680 million annually if the agreements were implemented, according to the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria
Full text of a statement issued recently by Church leaders concerned about new trade agreements being negotiated between Europe and developing countries
It feels great to watch those who once colonised Africa shift and fidget uneasily as they build up a case for “partnership” -- if only the rules of the game were clear and genuine. But there is also the nagging thought: Will Africa play it right this time round?
Pacific Islands countries have been given a breathing space after the European Commission decided to extend the deadline for the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the two parties to December next year. However, negotiations will be held this month on an interim agreement on the trading of goods and possibly services.
Having read the draft EPA, I can now confirm that in much of the document, the development dimension is referenced more in shadow than substance. A huge double standard is at play here and what is sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander, writes a former Caribbean diplomat.
