Date : May 8 2008

CTA Brussels Newsletter

Main events in the week

 

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1. Main ACP-EU events for next week (12-18 May) 2. EC pledges €300 M for development of the Sudan 3. First regional meeting of the ACP-EU JPA 4. EC Consultation on the reform of the CFP control system 5. “The issue is not biofuels or no biofuels, but the right biofuels”

6. Joint Commission Mozambique-Belgium

7. Food and health crisis in developing countries 8. ACP-EU Cotonou partnership agreement: mid-term review 9. Niger Minister commends EU-ACP relationship 10. The food crisis: France plans to double aid 11. International NGO knocks Caribbean EPA 12. ‘Era of cheap food is over,’ says EU 13. Germany backs France on EU farm aid, WTO doubts 14. EU and the ‘banana wars’ in WTO 15. The new EPAs: analysis and challenges for 2008 16. EU may delay decision in May on growing GM crops 17. Trade policy options for Nigeria 18. Kenya meat exports to Europe banned 19. Caribbean EPA held up as a model 20. Dominican commerce with EU experiences largest growth 21. Sierra Leone Parliament ratifies ACP-EU Agreement 22. “EU should export, not change its farm policy”

23. Getting to the bottom of Africa’s carbon figures 24. Impact of climate change on marine algae 25. EC investigates link between biofuels and food crisis