Brussels, 18/04/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Ministerial Committee of the ACP group gathered for the first time, on 10 and 11 April in Johannesburg (South Africa), to prepare the trade negotiations that should open in 2002 with the European Union. This meeting enabled 18 members of the Committee (representing the 6 ACP regions: Southern Africa, Eastern Africa, Central Africa, Western Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) to gauge the difficulties faces by South Africa during its trade negotiations...