Mauritania has signed the regional economic partnership agreement (EPA) that has for long been negotiated between the 16 countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) plus Mauritania and the EU. The news was announced by the European Commission on Friday 21 September, the day of the signature.
Mauritania is the 15th country to sign the agreement, which was negotiated under the Cotonou Agreement that links the EU and the ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) countries....