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St Lucia concern about EPA
St Lucia's Prime Minister, Stephenson King says his country wants concerns addressed about the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) the region has negotiated with the European Union.
‘‘An injury to one market is an injury to all''
Southern African non-governmental organisations have put forward demands to their governments in resistance to the continuing talks on economic partnership agreements (EPAs) between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states.
What lies beneath EU-GCC alliance?
How important is the trade agreement for GCC? And who will benefit more: EU or GCC?
Fears at talks as Europe pushes for free trade in services
Transnational corporations could be granted unfettered access to Kenya's banking and telecommunications sectors if trade talks taking place in Antananarivo, Madagascar, favour Europe.
Where's the partnership between Europe and the Caribbean?
On Sept. 2, 2008, some Caribbean countries will be signing an Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union which is not fair and which, over time, may well return Caribbean countries to a state of “plantation economies” where the commanding heights are owned by foreign companies run by expatriate managers, and Caribbean people are merely workers.
Cameroon regrets economic agreement with EU Commission
In what looks like crying over spilt milk, Cameroon's economic experts are spending sleepless nights seriously reflecting on the budgetary impact of the economic partnership agreement, EPA signed with the European Commission last December.
Uruguay: After Doha, FTA with the EU and NAFTA fails once again
Trade agreements with big blocs like the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or with the European Union have experienced a recent boost in Uruguay.
EU Parliament head discusses EU-Syria pact with Syrian president
The President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Poettering, discussed the future signature of a EU-Syria Association Agreement, during a meeting on Sunday in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar Al Assad.
Caricom hopes to renegotiate EPA
Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries will sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe on September 2 as planned, but they are still hoping to renegotiate the deal afterwards, Caricom Chairman Baldwin Spencer has said.
‘EU is getting flexible on EPAs'
Namibia is ready to put behind the unpleasant treatment it received from European Union negotiators during last year's marathon negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), which resulted in the country's refusal to sign until its protests were heard.