Press Release: EU and the Caribbean seal economic partnership with ground-breaking trade deal

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Series Details IP/08/1510 (15.10.08)
Publication Date 15/10/2008
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The European Union and countries of the Caribbean region have today signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) which will strengthen ties between the two regions and promote regional integration in the Caribbean. The EPA is the first genuinely comprehensive North-South trade and development agreement in the global economy. It includes a package of measures to stimulate trade, investment and innovation, and to promote sustainable development, build a regional market among Caribbean countries and help eliminate poverty.

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European Commission: MEMO/08/624: The CARIFORUM-EC Economic Partnership Agreement http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/624&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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