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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9625
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) acp/eu

Many JPA parliamentarians want to revise interim agreements on liberalisation of trade with Africa - Commission refuses point blank

Ljubljana, 18/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - There was great frustration among MEPs and ACP (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific) parliamentarians at the debate in Ljubljana on 17 March of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly on the progress in negotiations on economic partnership agreements (EPAs), preparing the way for free trade between the EU and six ACP regions. That European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson had not travelled to the meeting to respond to questions and criticisms from MEPs and their ACP...

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