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ACP
Asia, Caribbean, Pacific Group
The new mandate is much more far-reaching than the 2002 version as it incorporates everything that the EU has been pushing in its FTAs since CETA including ISDS, digital trade, far reaching IPR.
In this interview, we discuss the PACER+ trade deal, the post Cotonou talks with the EU and the influence of China's Belt and Road Initiative in the Pacific region.
The African Union Commission’s high representative on Cotonou has warned that keeping the ACP framework will make it harder for the EU to agree on a ‘continent-to-continent instrument’.
Negotiators from the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of countries met at the United Nations to determine the future of the ACP-EU partnership.
Negotiations around post-Cotonou framework must take women's issues into account and be intentional in allocating financial resources to the realization of women’s economic rights and empowerment.
