ACP's

Countries in Africa, the Caribbeans and the Pacific which benefit from preferential tariff treatment in the E.C. These tariff preferences were introduced under the Lomé Conventions (Lomé I – Lomé IV), which were later replaced by the Cotonou Agreement. In terms of the Cotonou Agreement these tariff preferences had to be replaced with reciprocal, WTO compliant free trade agreements (Economic Partnership Agreements or ‘EPAs’) between the ACPs and the EC by 1 January 2008.

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