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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9402
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/acp/development

Extension of “Everything but arms” initiative to ACP countries signing EPAs smallest issue, in Oxfam's view

Brussels, 05/04/2007 (Agence Europe) - The development NGO, Oxfam International, has welcomed the offer made by the European Commission to the ACP countries which are due to sign economic partnership agreements (EPAs) with the EU to benefit from unlimited market access for more or less all of their products (EUROPE 9401). However, the NGO warns that this offer should not be used to force ACP countries to sign EPAs on 31 December 2007 if they are not ready by that date.

In a press release...

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