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Newsletter n. 13 October 2010

BILBAO: 2 seminars to discuss about EPAs

Hegoa has promoted two seminars to discuss about developments concerning EPAs negotiations and analyze the impact on three specific countries-

State works on EPA goal

FIJI will ensure domestic mechanisms are in place in order to provisionally apply and ratify the interim European Partnership Agreement, says Fiji's European Union Ambassador Peceli Vocea.

OAS Supports Review of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement in Belize

On October 8, 2010, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belize hosted a public, half-day consultation with local stakeholders on the Legal Review of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement, a study prepared with the support of the Department of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

Economic Partnership Agreement to be signed with EU soon

President of South Africa Jacob Zuma says the Southern African Customs Union and the European Union (EU) are close to reaching a deal on bilateral trade.

Regional EPA might be ready soon

Deputy Trade Minister, Mahama Ayariga on Wednesday said a West African-wide Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union would be implemented sooner than later.

Urgent EPAs meet for Nov 8

The European Commission has called a conference in Brussels on November 8, to rescue the faltering trade negotiations between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries.

South-South cooperation would serve farmers better than exploitative pacts

In the past month, a row has erupted between Eldoret farmers and the government over the ongoing Economic Partnership Agreements negotiations between Kenya and the European Union.

Economic Partnership Agreement to be signed with EU soon

President of South Africa Jacob Zuma says the Southern African Customs Union and the European Union (EU) are close to reaching a deal on bilateral trade.

World Bank pushes for intra-African trade

Obiageli Ezekwesili, the World Bank Vice President for Africa, invited policymakers and leading private sector representatives to discuss how to accelerate trade among African countries.

Partnership for Change project has two thematic focus connected to the heart of development policies and the struggle against poverty.
MDGs and EPAs, central themes of the project, were indeed both created as development policies: the first one, with the aim of committing governments in the South and in the North on punctual development objectives to be reached by 2015, the second one, proposing economic agreements of free trade as an access point to development for many ACP countries.

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