Press Release: EU Trade Commissioner promotes progress on free trade deals and on trade facilitation on visits to South Africa, Cameroon and Ivory Coast

EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht will travel to South Africa (a member of the Southern African Development Community, SADC), Cameroon (Central Africa) and Ivory Coast (West Africa) this week (11-15 November 2013) to discuss ways to strengthen the EU's trade and investment relations with these regions, in particular through Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and trade facilitation. Concluding the EPAs is key to ensuring those countries’ free access to the EU market, foster trade-related cooperation and promote investment.

European Commission: RAPID: Speech, SPEECH/13/812: Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) - State of Play, Future Perspectives and Implementation http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-812_en.pdf

European Commission: RAPID: Speech, SPEECH/13/Approfondissons les liens étroits entre l'Union européenne et la Côte d'Ivoire dans le domaine du commerce et de l’investissement http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-927_fr.pdf

EurActiv, 15.11.13: EU finalises trade deal with western African states http://www.euractiv.com/development-policy/eu-finalises-trade-deal-western-news-531715

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