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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9596

7 February 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 38
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/epa
Divisions over EPA negotiated with individual countries, Africa strives to make collective response - Mandelson encourages cotton producer countries to support EPA negotiations

Brussels, 06/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - The 10th African Union summit on 2 February on industrial development in Africa failed to make any real progress on the economic partnership agreements (EPA) negotiated with the EU. African heads of state and government were unable to obtain a common position on the free trade preparatory agreements between the EU and six ACP (Africa/Caribbean/Pacific) regions. This was down to the initialling, at the end of 2007, of interim agreements by certain...

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