European Parliament
1-4 October: European Parliament plenary session
European Council
1 October: Working Party of Foreign Relations Counsellors (Relex)
1 October: Ad-hoc WP on General Food Law
1 October: Working Party on Competitiveness and Growth
The ongoing negotiations on fisheries subsidies at the World Trade Organization (WTO) risk overriding one of the key benefits from a trade deal with the European Union, claims the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG). Speaking this week at the annual …The ongoing negotiations on fisheries subsidies at the World Trade Organization (WTO) risk overriding one of the key benefits from a trade deal with the European Union, claims the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG).
Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) President, Diane Edwards, says more value-added products need to be exported to the European Union (EU) to reverse the decline in trade with the bloc. “We need to diversify away from commodities like banana and sugar into value- added products.
Talks on a new agreement between the ACP and the EU will only bear fruit if both parties take the road to prosperity together, writes the ACP’s chief negotiator, Robert Dussey, on the post-Cotonou talks. Prof. Robert Dussey is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and African Integration of Togo, and the Chief Negotiator of the ACP Group for the post-Cotonou agreement.
On Wednesday 26 September, Emmanuel took to the stage to a wave of applause at Goalkeepers 2018 – an event organised by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Le Monde Afrique partner) on the margins of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly – hand-in-hand with DJ Switch, the Ghanaian boy who is already an African celebrity at the tender age of 10. The move was no accident. It sent out a powerful signal at this year’s youth-themed event, which sought to shine a light on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).