DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 9 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICAACP Long-awaited new trade treaty lacks substance for Africa 19th April 2021 Mandarins in Brussels call it a turning point but the deal makes few commitments on trade terms, climate and migration cash The European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific Community on Thursday (15 April) signed off on the successor to the Cotonou agreement, ending two-and-a-half years of negotiations. READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 25 | EUROPEAN UNIONACPAFRICAN UNION Old treaty rolls over 17th December 2020 After two years of negotiations the white smoke of a successor to the Cotonou Agreement – which governs trade and political relations between the European Union and the...
Vol 60 No 10 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICAACP EU-ACP ties in question 17th May 2019 A joint ministerial council on 23-24 May had been earmarked as the moment for formally concluding the successor to the Cotonou Agreement, governing the next 20 years of...
Vol 54 No 25 | EUROPEAN UNIONACP Heads up for headquarters 12th December 2013 The African, Caribbean and Pacific group of countries wants a new headquarters and is hoping the European Union will pay. The 18 million euros (US$24.8 mn.) would come...
Vol 51 No 22 | EUROPEAN UNIONACP Trade talk troubles 5th November 2010 The EU’s obstinacy over trade concessions to Africa is encouraging frustrated governments to turn increasingly to Asia The partners are not equal in the negotiations for Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) on ‘free trade’ between the European Union and the 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)...
Vol 51 No 22 | EUROPEAN UNIONACP Pushing Europe towards African farms 5th November 2010 Strong criticism has been levelled at European Union and Western companies for failing to match the pace of Asian investment in African agriculture. A new report published in...
Vol 51 No 22 | EUROPEAN UNIONACP Complex architecture but no deal 5th November 2010 Africa is larger, politically more varied and much poorer than the island states that constitute its colleagues in the African-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) group. Like them, its relationship with the...
Vol 50 No 12 | EUROPEAN UNIONACP Banana skin 12th June 2009 A row is growing between the African-Caribbean-Pacific countries and the European Union. On 29 May, ACP trade ministers accused the EU of sacrificing development to commerce. They asked...
Vol 50 No 3 | EUROPEAN UNIONACP Ghana's chance 6th February 2009 Ghana's Ambassador in Brussels, Nana Berna Kumi, is leading in an increasingly hard fought battle there for the post of Secretary General of the African, Caribbean and...
Vol 48 No 21 | EUROPEAN UNIONACP Trading places 19th October 2007 There is no agreement on revising Europe’s trade deal with Africa, so an agreement may be imposed African, Caribbean and Pacific states are trying to negotiate new cooperation agreements by the end of the year with the European Union, but the lengthy negotiations are going...