08/05/2020 (Agence Europe) – On 8 May the Solomon Islands joined Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa in the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and the Pacific countries (see EUROPE B12427A8). This EPA, negotiated under the Cotonou Agreement between the EU and the ACP (Africa/Caribbean/Pacific) Group of States, enshrines the progressive liberalisation of trade in products, according to an asymmetrical timetable. “This will bring our people and businesses closer together,...