Brussels, 11/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission's hopes to sign Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) by the end of the year with all six ACP (African, Pacific and Caribbean states) regions have been dashed. The fact that on 9 October, Western Africa, speaking through ECOWAS, formally confirmed that it would not be ready to sign an EPA with the EU by the WTO's deadline (but remained open for continued negotiations), no doubt plays some part in this. On 8 October, the Director...