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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9164

31 March 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) acp/eu
ACP wants to see development at heart of future economic partnership agreements with EU - disappointment at lack of progress in multilateral trade negotiations

Brussels, 30/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - Expectations of the ACP countries (Africa/Caribbean/Pacific) with regard to the EU are immense and they see the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) currently being negotiated with the six ACP regions as genuine instruments of development. These countries, linked to the EU through the Cotonou Agreement are, however, disappointed at the foot dragging going on in the multilateral trade negotiations since the sixth WTO Ministerial conference in Hong Kong...

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