Sunday, April 1, 2007

Africa horticulture traders launch regional group

(Reuters) - Flowers, fruit and vegetable growers from 12 African countries launched an organisation on Friday to give their continent more weight in trade talks with the European Union (EU) that must end this year.

The EU wants to finalise new economic deals by January 1, 2008, to replace the Cotonou Agreement that gave goods from parts of Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific preferential access to Europe.


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