Two closely linked aspects. The subject of the sometimes bitter ongoing negotiations between the EU and some of the countries involved from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP), as well as the discussions stemming from them is two-fold: revise the trade regime for both parties at a technical and operational level; define the nature and pace of the Euro-African partnership for the future. The first aim is urgent as time is short (see this column yesterday); the second focuses on the...