Pambazuka News

Civil society wants economic partnership agreement suspended

2007-06-25, Issue 310

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The African Union -Civil Society Organisations Pre-Summit in Accra has ended with a call on member countries to resist pressure from European Union towards the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in December.

Participants called on African leaders to extend the deadline for conclusion of the negotiation on the EPA by at least year years. That they said would enable African governments to conduct independent impact assessment on the EPA policies.