Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with ACP countries / Wirtschaftspartnerschaftsabkommen mit AKP-Staaten
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Since December 2007 the EU is in negotiations over Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with several African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. These trade agreements were necessary, because the "Cotonou Agreement" from 2000, which regulated trade relations, expired in December 2007. The EPAs will now continue the important trade relations between the EU and ACP-countries. The agreements create free trade zones which are compliant with WTO-rules between the EU and certain groups of countries.


Parliament gives green light for Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and ACP-Countries
Bild: Ivory Coast_by_bbcworldserviceOn March 25th, 2009 the European Parliament successfully passed two of the eight agreements in the current negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) - with the Cariforum (Caribbean) countries and with weiter>>>


Overview of the individual reports from the Committee of International Trade (INTA) and responsible "rapporteurs"
The responsible Members of Parliament from the International Trade Committee that will produce the reports for the Interim Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in the European Parliament will be the following: Interim weiter>>>


Background: Economic Partnership Agreements
(Source: James O´Connor) Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are currently in various states of conclusion between the EU and our trading partners of the ACP countries. These trade agreements are designed to replace weiter>>>


Difficult negotiations concerning the Economic Partnership Agreements
(Source: James O´Connor) Farmers in Ghana staged a “Global Day Against Economic Partnership Agreement” in Accra on September 29th. Amid the protests, they called on their government to re-evaluate the EPA and expressed concerns that this agreement could weiter>>>



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Wirtschaftspartnerschaftsabkommen mit den AKP-Staaten (EPAs)Wirtschaftspartnerschaftsabkommen zwischen der EU und den Staaten Afrikas, der Karibik und des Pazifik (AKP-Staaten) Die Europäische Union verhandelt seit 2002 mit den AKP-Staaten über neue Wirtschaftspartnerschaftsabkommen weiter>>>

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