Cotonou agreement renegotiated: "Like the EU, African countries have changed"

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The Cotonou agreement signed in 2000 between the European Union (EU) and the African-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) countries expires at the end of this month in February 2020. Photo: Reuters / Montage RFI

By: Charlotte Idrac Follow

Little is said about it, but time is running out to redefine the Cotonou Agreement, which expires at the end of this month in February 2020. This agreement, signed in 2000, is the general framework in which relations between the European Union and Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) countries. The economic partnership agreements (EPAs), which are widely criticized in the States concerned, constitute the commercial aspect of this agreement. It is therefore the last straight line of negotiations at the moment in Brussels. For Doctor Cheikh Tidiane Dieye, Executive Director of the African Center for Trade, Integration and Development (Cacid) in Dakar, this is an opportunity to learn from the past, and to establish a better partnership between the African countries and the European Union.

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Dr. Cheikh Tidiane Dieye, Executive Director of CACID in Dakar. (Screenshot). ictsd.org

► Doctor Cheikh Tidiane Dieye is the executive director of the African Center for Trade, Integration and Development based in Dakar.

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