Brussels, 28/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - According to the European Commission, Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy obtained assurances in Ghana that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will start negotiations with the Union on an economic partnership agreement next September (see EUROPE of 26 April p.9).
It is in September that the initial phase of negotiations with the whole of the ACP group is due to finish, and the phase of negotiations with those ACP regional entities which...