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A European Commission revision of trade privileges risks harming poor countries both inside and outside the EU. The EU has, for the past 40 years, given trade advantages to...

18 poorer countries told to sign and ratify economic partnership agreements. The European Commission is trying to persuade 18 poorer countries to sign and ratify economic...

Number of countries benefiting from trade preferences to be halved. The European Commission has adopted a proposal to cut the number of countries benefiting from EU trade...

Mid-income countries could lose trade concessions. The European Commission is planning to cut the number of countries benefiting from preferential access to the European...

Commission sets out plans to secure Europe's supplies of raw materials. The European Commission will promise tougher action against foreign countries hoarding valuable...

Were ‘unfair' trade preferences at the heart of the banana war? No. Preferences are central to international trade with developing countries and are becoming more refined....

A former senior trade official reviews what was the EU's longest-running trade dispute. You reported that a final agreement has been reached between the EU and its banana...

Officials from the EU's committee on generalised system of preferences (GSP) will discuss on Monday (19 June) removing Belarus's trade preferences, which are worth an...

The mushrooming of ‘Made in China' labels on the clothes racks of Europe's chainstores is leaving the textiles industry on this continent jittery. China now accounts for...

The European Parliament will call later this month for a simplification of complex trade rules which have worked against clothing exporters from the world's poorest...

THE European Commission has acknowledged that to bring tangible benefits, it is necessary to rewrite the trade rules applying to the countries affected by the tsunami. Peter...

Paul Brenton and Miriam Manchin argue the case for reforming the EU's preferential trade agreements. FREE trade and preferential trade agreements are a major element in EU...

THE European Commission faces an uphill struggle to convince member states to widen the scope of the Union's regime for preferential trading with the world's poorest...

THE EU is hoping to reach a deal on a trade and cooperation agreement with South Africa by the end of this week. Although 85% of the accord has already been settled, key...

POOR countries in Central and South America will be offered 1.5 billion ecu in trade concessions to cut their dependence on drug trafficking if plans due to be approved by...

THE UK is hoping to crown its Union presidency with a blueprint for a new Lomé Convention, the trade and aid instrument which ties Europe to 71 African, Caribbean and...

EU FOREIGN ministers are likely to call for delays to crucial International Monetary Fund loans to Pakistan following its nuclear tests last week, despite a pledge not to end...

EUROPEAN Commission calls for inter-regional free trade agreements with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries by 2005are probably motivated by the best of intentions, says...

PROPOSALS to give socially-responsible developing countries increased access to European markets could be sunk because of squabbles between EU governments and the European...

THE Caribbean is expressing grave concerns about European Commission proposals to replace its privileged EU market access with either a free trade agreement or a more...