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'Make accord with EU public'
As negotiations intensify for an Economic Partnership Agreement between the Caribbean and European Union before year end, there are now growing calls for the "draft" accord to be made public before the region's governments sign on to such a deal.
Emerging uncertainty about Caribbean-EU business deals: As EPA negotiations drag on
A final make or break negotiating session is expected in the Caribbean at the end of November.
Response to the letter “This is not a poker game” by Messrs Peter Mandelson and Louis Michel in The Guardian of 31 October 2007
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.
UAE still keen on Gulf-EU free trade agreement
The delay in signing the EU-GCC FTA has resulted in a chain reaction as the European Union will now apply new standards in negotiating trade agreements, according to Sweden's minister of "free" trade
The EU is trying to trick developing countries into poor trade deals
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.
Chaos on eve of EPA deadline
On the eve of the deadline of the finalisation of the economic partnership agreement (EPA) negotiations, chaos reigns.
EU boss to Kituyi: Take our deal or hit the road
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.
Biotech to figure in new EU-India S&T cooperation
Biotechnology in agriculture, bio-fuel, climate change and energy security are top on the agenda of the European Union's new offer for science and technology cooperation with India.
ASEAN health warning: Myanmar stunts your growth
Brussels and Washington have taken steps toward free-trade agreements with ASEAN, but they could be stopped in their tracks if the destination was a deal that had to include Myanmar.
“Love is blind”?
A two-stage agreement between EU and ACP countries risks being an ‘EPA tight' rather than an ‘EPA light'