Economic Partnership Agreements: Ensuring a Real Impact on Development
added: 2008-12-10
Whether or not they sign economic partnership agreements (EPAs) with the EU, the countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) should not be worse off than under the current system of preferences, says a report adopted by Parliament’s Development Committee on Monday. Flanking measures in the form of aid for trade should be used to help the ACP countries, for example to offset any loss of customs revenue.
