African countries feel cornered in EU trade negotiations

EurActiv reported on 5 June 2014 that the EU was anxious to finalise talks with Africa over a planned Economic Partnership Agreement.

If negotiators did not seal the deal by 1 October 2014, according to the website, preferential access to the EU's internal market would be cut short, putting pressure on African negotiators, who felt their concerns were not being heard.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: EU-Africa Summit 2014 (Brussels, 2-3 April 2014) http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-africa-summit-2014-brussels-2-3-april-2014/

ESO: Background information: EU-Africa trade partnership negotiations stalled http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-africa-trade-partnership-negotiations-stalled/

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