Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) were surprised to hear from the European Commission on Wednesday 19 March that it did not intend to suspend the Memorandum of Understanding on raw materials with Rwanda. On 13 February, MEPs adopted a resolution calling for this agreement to be suspended (see EUROPE B13579A12). However, the representative of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships, who was present during...