Posts Tagged ‘trade pact’

22 Developing Countries Team Up to Boost South-South Trade (2009-11-25)

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The International Centre for Trade & Sustainable Development reports that 22 developing countries have tentatively agreed to reduce tariffs and other trade barriers as a means to boost trade between their countries. “Trade officials report that negotiators from 22 nations on Wednesday reached an outline agreement on a new round of concessions under the Global [...]

EU-West Africa Trade Pact (2009-6-19)

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The European Union is negotiating a trade pact with two West African regional groups and is hoping to complete the process by October 2009. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) encompass the entire West African region, with oil-rich Nigeria contributing to over half of  [...]