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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9834

6 February 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/trade
Parliament calls on EU to recognise ACP countries as equal partners

Brussels, 05/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - With or without an economic partnership agreement (EPA), no ACP (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific) country should be in a worse position than the one guaranteed it under the trade provisions of the Cotonou Agreement, says the European Parliament in a report adopted on Thursday 5 February. Every EPA signed should be accompanied by trade aid measures compensating foreseeable losses by signatory countries and by review clauses, say MEPs, concerned not to damage...

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