Brussels, 23/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - Trade negotiations between the EU and the 77 ACP countries signatories to the Cotonou Agreement will be formally opened in Brussels on 27 September. In the last furlong before the launch of a process that is to lead the Union the conclude, by 2008, economic partnership agreements (EPCs) with ACP countries or regional integration regions, the ACP States began on Monday with a series of marathon meetings to put the finishing touches to their preparations....