The EU- Cariforum Epa on services investments and E commerce implications for other ACP countries

At the close of 2007, the EU completed a comprehensive EconomicPartnership Agreement (EPA) with the Cariforum countries. The EPAwith the Cariforum is comprehensive in the sense that it extends to tradein goods, services and all the new generation issues including governmentprocurement, competition law, and others. This analytical note providesan overview of key provisions related to trade in services in the CariforumEPA text and comments on the possible implications for other ACPcountries in Africa and the Pacific, which may soon initiate negotiationsfor the reciprocal liberalisation of trade in services with Europe.

South Centre Analytical Note