Brussels, 28/06/2000 (Agence Europe) - Apart from preparing for the official signing of the Cotonou Agreement, the twenty-fifth joint ACP/EU ministerial meeting on the eve of the signature (see EUROPE on 22 June, p. 7) discussed various issues whose outcome is uncertain on the international level (such as bananas, sugar, the derogation requested from the WTO in order to keep a preferential trade system for eight years), along with certain aspects of the partnership which will become...