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Mandelson Sees Progress On West African EPA In 2008,
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson and Soumaïla Cissé, President
of the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, believe that
further progress will be made in 2008 towards an Economic Partnership Agreement
between the EU and West Africa.
This assertion by Mandelson and Cissé follows a recent meeting between
the two officials, where they discussed the state of play in the EPA negotiations
between the EU and West Africa and responses to the recent rise in world food
prices.
After the meeting Commissioner Mandelson said: "President Cissé
and I are both pleased that work on our Economic Partnership Agreement is now
proceeding well and we are committed to maintaining a highly constructive atmosphere
and to keeping up the current momentum. On food prices we agreed on the need
for investment in agricultural capacity in West Africa and access to markets
for African farmers.
He added: "West Africa has one of the world's highest levels of unused
farm capacity. In the long run the region can benefit from greater global food
demand and open farm trade. Our new Economic Partnership Agreement will remove
all tariffs and all quotas for all farm exports from West Africa to Europe."
President Cissé recalled that Heads of States of West Africa had mandated
their negotiators to secure an Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU by
mid 2009 at the latest.
He briefed Commissioner Mandelson on West African progress in preparing for
the forthcoming negotiation rounds of June and July.
Both agreed that reinforcing regional integration in West Africa would be a
priority in all chapters of the EPA.
The full regional EPA with West Africa will supersede the stepping stone EPAs
with Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana signed at the end of 2007.
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