As fisheries remain one of the key contentious issues for Pacific states to reach an agreement on an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union; ministers from the bloc of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States met last week in Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) to finalize positions, including market access offers, and arrangements in preparation for the next round of negotiations in November 2011. As the meeting concluded, eight Pacific ACP states had finalized their offers.
The EU has been negotiating EPAs with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States since September 2002. So far, only negotiations with the Caribbean region have reached a comprehensive agreement.
PIFS Press Release
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